Five studies of the role of fruits and vegetables in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease found an association between fruit consumption and improved lung function.
There have been at least two confirmed cases of the disease found at UK pig farms, one of them in Northern Ireland and the other in eastern England.
A second study that measured the arteries of women with heart disease found that taking hormones did not slow the buildup of cholesterol in their arteries.
Eugene Monroe has become the latest NFL player to retire early citing fears over CTE, the degenerative brain disease found in athletes with a history of head trauma.
After experiencing persistent memory problems, Mr. Homer learned in 2007 that he had Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is sometimes likened to the mad cow disease found in animals.
Atherosclerosis, the most common form of arteriosclerosis, is a disease found in large and medium-sized arteries.
One gentleman, whose wife has the disease, found "a disconnect between people in your field and us," he said.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism, a type of renal osteodystrophy, may be an acquired disease found in individuals with chronic renal failure.
The study of 6,174 adults suspected of having heart disease found that regular aspirin users faced a 33percentt lower risk of dying during a follow-up period averaging three years than patients who did not take aspirin.
But HERS, a clinical trial conducted among 2,763 postmenopausal women (average age 67) who already had heart disease, found that the hormone combination did nothing to prevent future attacks.
It's also being used in Australia, where a report on firefighter illness and disease found a hidden toll of psychological trauma among firefighters that was thought to be leading to suicide, alcohol abuse and depression.
