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A neurological disease called rat lungworm has been found in wild animals and one zoo animal in San Diego County, marking its ...

At age 7, Lukas Caldwell developed a faint discoloration on his face and was diagnosed with Parry-Romberg Syndrome, a rare disorder that gradually destroys facial tissue.

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Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

A 53-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol consumption developed anterograde amnesia, accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations and behavioral changes. Cognitive evaluation revealed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests the cerebellum helps drive alcohol withdrawal distress. A targeted compound eased symptoms in mice without ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many people with alcohol use disorder, those early days without alcohol bring ...

Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...

Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder. Those with the condition are often diagnosed between 5 and 15 years of age and live only into their 30s or 40s. There is no widely ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...