TUESDAY, Nov. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Add one more malady to the potential risks from untreated sleep apnea: Parkinson’s disease. A new study involving 11 million U.S. veterans finds that a person’s odds of developing Parkinson’s nearly doubled if they were diagnosed with sleep apnea but hadn’t used aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One of humanity’s most common viruses is behind the autoimmune disorder known as lupus, according to a new study. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) resides silently in the bodies of 19 out of 20 Americans, most commonly causing mononucleosis among teens and young adults, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Eliana Nachem is taking a brave step once unthinkable for the 11-year-old girl — she’s starting sixth grade, with dreams of becoming an artist. As a baby, Eliana lived in complete medical isolation, after her 2014 diagnosis at 3 months of age with ADA-SCID,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body. The discovery has opened new paths for treatment. Immunologists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered a specialContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants can provide long-term relief for people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Parkinson’s patients who got deep brain stimulation had better motor function, an improved ability to manage day-to-day tasks, and overall better quality of life afterContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Long-term exposure to a chemical used in metal degreasing and dry cleaning might increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Seniors living in places with the highest airborne levels of trichloroethylene showed a 10% higher risk for Parkinson’s than thoseContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An invisible storm might rage for years inside the bodies of people at risk for rheumatoid arthritis, prior to any joint pain occurring, a new study says. These folks experience dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms, researchers reported in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), often simply called lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system malfunctions and mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissues and organs. Lupus can involve almost every organ system, but it most commonly affects the skin,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rheumatoid arthritis might be caused in part by a prematurely aging immune system, a new study says. Researchers found that people with joint pain and arthritis exhibited signs of accelerated immune aging, according to findings published recently in the journal eBioMedicine. This suggestsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks with metabolic syndrome have up to a 40% higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health problems that include excess belly fat, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels. It’sContinue Reading