If the bone in your jaw has receded, which it does do when you have lost teeth over a period of time, then either a bone graft from yourself, e.g. your hip bone or using bone from a bone bank is ...

Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began ...

Switzerland has banned on imports of breeding cattle while it waits for measures to safeguard against mad cow disease, agriculture officials have said. Spokesman Rudolf Michlig said imports would be ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called ‘zombie deer disease,’ was first identified in Colorado in 1967. Since its ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of the most mysterious neurological disorders known to medicine. As recent discussions have spotlighted its damage to the brain, perhaps the most central question that ...

Chronic kidney disease has been named the ninth leading cause of global death. Record numbers of men and women are currently estimated to have reduced kidney function, according to new research ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

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 ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Researchers at the University of Barcelona found that combining pemafibrate and telmisartan significantly reduces liver fat and cardiovascular risks in MASLD models. The drug duo works better together ...

Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But last ...

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