THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have developed a single test that can rapidly detect a collection of rare genetic diseases — an advance they hope will shorten the “diagnostic odyssey” that people with these conditions can face. The test diagnoses conditions known collectively as “STR-expansion” disorders, whichContinue Reading

MONDAY, Feb. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug may help build bone mass in some adults with a rare brittle-bone disease, a small preliminary study suggests. The disease is called osteogenesis imperfecta. It’s caused by defects in certain genes involved in making collagen — a key protein inContinue Reading

MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Omicron COVID-19 patients are younger and have more breakthrough infections, a new study finds. But people infected with Omicron are also less likely to be hospitalized or need intensive respiratory support than those who’d gotten the earlier Alpha and Delta variants. The researchersContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s less enchanting than reading tea leaves, but federal health officials announced Friday that they are expanding nationwide efforts to track COVID-19 by monitoring virus levels found in raw sewage. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to add an additionalContinue Reading