Degenerative disk disease is a progressive condition in which spinal disks deteriorate. Surgery is an option, but less invasive treatments and therapies may also help. Degenerative disk disease is ...

Jeremy Bray, who has Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy — a rare degenerative disease that has gradually robbed him of the ability to move his muscles — says he cannot wait for Canada's Drug ...

Macular degeneration is very common and affects an estimated 19.8 million people in the United States. Approximately one in 10 Americans age 50 and older have an early form of the disease and as many ...

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...

This produces degeneration of the brain and causes problems with thinking, movement, and behavior. Eventually, the disease leads to dementia and death. Doctors use an imaging technique called FDG ...

Since hepatolenticular degeneration may occur without any neurologic abnormalities the diagnosis should be considered in all patients with chronic liver disease not attributable to alcohol or ...

Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China ...

The dry type is more common, accounting for about 90% of cases. For most patients with macular degeneration, vision loss is gradual. There is no known cure, so treatment focuses on delaying the ...

Medically reviewed by Laura Campedelli, DPT Child’s Pose is a beginner yoga pose that stretches the muscles of the low back, ...