Specifically, the researchers found that intersectin keeps tiny, message-carrying bubbles inside brain cells in a particular ...

Funded primarily by the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and leveraging prior ...

Despite its name, a sports hernia is not actually a hernia. The condition’s true name is athletic pubalgia.

The Division of Pediatric Hematology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, cares for patients with diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs.

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Autoimmune hepatitis is when your body’s infection-fighting system (immune system) attacks your liver cells. This causes redness and swelling (inflammation) and liver damage.

Shoulder bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa in the shoulder, which causes pain and sometimes redness and swelling.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a form of arthritis in children. Arthritis causes joint swelling (inflammation) and joint stiffness. JIA is arthritis that affects 1 or more joints for at least ...

Inside the Brain-Blood Pressure Link What’s the connection? High blood pressure can damage small blood vessels in the brain, affecting parts of the brain responsible for thinking and memory. So can ...

Dehydration and heat stroke are two very common heat-related diseases that can be life threatening if left untreated.

Ménière disease is a balance disorder. It’s caused by an abnormality in part the inner ear called the labyrinth. Fluid build-up here can cause a severe spinning sensation (vertigo) and affect the ...

A brain aneurysm (also called a cerebral aneurysm or an intracranial aneurysm) is a ballooning arising from a weakened area in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain. If the brain aneurysm expands ...