London-based data journalist David McCandless put together a pretty scatterplot about the relative dangers of infectious disease. McCandless sums up the infograph nice: “It’s a statistical measure of ...

In a country as diverse as the United States, the types and prevalence of different diseases vary as much as the people themselves. The University of Florida in Gainesville has created an infographic ...

Ever since the internet became a thing, consumers have used it to discuss health issues, especially over the last 10 years as social media became a daily destination for millions of people. Something ...

Many human diseases have a genetic component to them. There are over 6,000 genetic disorders, many of which are fatal or severely debilitating. A genetic disease is caused by a mutation in DNA and can ...

Managing patients with Parkinson's disease should be viewed as part of a hospital CMO's responsibility for patient safety and quality. Hospital CMOs and their care teams need to take steps to avoid ...

Many patients with Parkinson’s disease carry gene variants that lie at the root of problems with cellular waste-clearing processes, mediated by the lysosome. One of the proteins that must be cleared ...

Knowledge of cardiovascular disease among members of the European Parliament is fairly low, according to a survey by ComRes. While more than half (51%) of MEPs admit that they don’t know a great deal ...