Diseases & Conditions

Read our latest reporting on breakthroughs in managing and treating diseases and health conditions. Learn about the signs and symptoms of various ailments, how your genetics impacts your health, and how diseases affect your body inside and out.

Inherited Diseases Aren’t as Inevitable as We Once Thought

Health
Inherited Diseases Aren’t as Inevitable as We Once Thought
Inherited Diseases Aren’t as Inevitable as We Once Thought

How Losing Just an Hour of Sleep a Night Could Affect Your Weight

Health
How Losing Just an Hour of Sleep a Night Could Affect Your Weight
How Losing Just an Hour of Sleep a Night Could Affect Your Weight

Could Electricity Zap Away Chronic Disease?

Health
Could Electricity Zap Away Chronic Disease?
Could Electricity Zap Away Chronic Disease?

Closing the Loop on Spinal Surgery

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Closing the Loop on Spinal Surgery
Closing the Loop on Spinal Surgery

Bridge to Breakthrough: Preventing HIV infections in Kenya

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Bridge to Breakthrough: Preventing HIV infections in Kenya
Bridge to Breakthrough: Preventing HIV infections in Kenya

The discovery that could end preeclampsia

Health
The discovery that could end preeclampsia
The discovery that could end preeclampsia

We're getting closer to a breakthrough on hearing loss

Health
We're getting closer to a breakthrough on hearing loss
We're getting closer to a breakthrough on hearing loss

Gardening is linked to a longer life. Here’s how it helps your body.

Health
Gardening is linked to a longer life. Here’s how it helps your body.
Gardening is linked to a longer life. Here’s how it helps your body.

What is cyclospora? Here’s how the parasite spreads

Health
What is cyclospora? Here’s how the parasite spreads
What is cyclospora? Here’s how the parasite spreads

How eczema and acne can affect your mental health

Health
How eczema and acne can affect your mental health
How eczema and acne can affect your mental health

The real science behind the myth in The Odyssey

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The real science behind the myth in The Odyssey
The real science behind the myth in The Odyssey

When does exercise start causing damage to your body?

Health
When does exercise start causing damage to your body?
When does exercise start causing damage to your body?

Doctors are starting to agree on when obesity is a disease

Health
Doctors are starting to agree on when obesity is a disease
Doctors are starting to agree on when obesity is a disease

Scientists cured sickle cell. Then their next challenge began.

Health
Scientists cured sickle cell. Then their next challenge began.
Scientists cured sickle cell. Then their next challenge began.

Deaths from this cancer can now be virtually eliminated

Health
Deaths from this cancer can now be virtually eliminated
Deaths from this cancer can now be virtually eliminated
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