Scientists at The Chinese University of Hong Kong have found that the gut microbiome holds Parkinson's disease markers and may indicate a method of early diagnosis.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome—commonly referred to as ME/CFS—is a legitimate, serious, and complex systemic disease that frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected individuals, ...
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A new paper in Brain, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that a COVID-19 infection may prompt Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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Parents should not worry that proposed changes to the medical criteria redefining a diagnosis of autism will leave their children excluded and deemed ineligible for psychiatric and medical care, says a team of researchers ...
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Despite COPD's pervasiveness, it is generally assumed that the main instigator in its development is tobacco smoking. The 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease or GOLD report is proposing a new definition ...
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A University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student is studying specimens from knee replacement surgeries in modern patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to better understand the history and progression of the disease ...
Jul 29, 2022
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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is diagnosed when a person's avoidance or restriction of food intake is associated with conditions including significant weight loss or nutritional deficiency, dependence ...
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(HealthDay)—Use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) seems to have reduced the number of ASD diagnoses, according to a review published online March 9 in the Journal ...
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Around 1% of the population has an autism spectrum disorder, with estimates ranging from one in 150 to one in 70.
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Around the world, the number of people diagnosed with autism is rising. In the United States, the prevalence of the disorder has grown from 0.05% in 1966 to more than 2% today. In Quebec, the reported prevalence is close ...
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