While planets circle the sun in what's called and heliocentric orbit, they rarely fall together in what appears to the human ...

SIFI, an Italian ophthalmology company focused mostly on the European market, doesn’t normally make it out to San Francisco ...

HAVE you ever experienced a gentle tug or what feels like a heartbeat below your eye? The chances are you have an eye twitch – it’s something most people will get from time to time.

Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, is a nutrient commonly used to manage high cholesterol. It is available in both ...

From Adrenoleukodystrophy to Zollinger Ellison Syndrome, there are currently over 7,000 diseases identified as rare. In the U.S., the Orphan Drug Act of 1983 defines a disease as “rare” if it affects ...

A safety committee will review all evidence from trials and studies to shed more light on the potential risk of NAION.

The national policy for rare diseases in India may soon be expanded to include rare skin conditions such as epidermolysis ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces -- short reads. Scientists found ...

Varshavski: What's interesting about Proteus syndrome is it affects all three cell lines -- which is the endoderm, mesoderm, ...

Argyria is caused by a buildup of silver in the body, which discolors the skin.

Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may ...

The NHS is warning that at this time of year, it could be easy to mistake having the flu for a rare disorder. Addison's disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency or hypoadrenalism ...