Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Machine learning study questions gut bacteria–disease link

Many bacterial-linked illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer, are associated with an overgrowth of gut bacteria thought to be bad actors. But when researchers used a machine learning algorithm ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers define new subtypes of common brain disorder

Roughly 4% of the population is affected by a congenital brain malformation that has eluded researchers' efforts to find causes and treatments. For the condition, Chiari type-1 malformation, the diagnosis is straightforward: ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

H5N1 bird flu infects 5 more humans in California, and 1 in Oregon

As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon — the state's first.

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