#Disease

Aparna Shah teaches Virginia Tech students how the human eye turns light into sight. In May, she saw her dog lose his.

My seven-year-old has an autoimmune disease called juvenile idiopathic arthritis. He experiences stiff and swollen joints, particularly in his hands, wrists, knees and feet.…

Days Of Our Lives and Another World actor Robert Kelker-Kelly died of arteriosclerotic heart disease, commonly known as coronary artery disease, according to the Office of the Regional Medical Examiner in St. Charles, Mo. as reported by People.…

Could routine eye exams be the future way to detect and predict systemic disease, including the risk of a heart attack and the presence of atrial fibrillation?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 19 "superbugs" that currently pose a threat to human health in the United States, plus another six that are being monitored as potential threats

The Ebola outbreak in Congo passed a grim milestone this week — 10,000 confirmed cases — and spurred questions about whether health authorities are losing their ability to contain it.