Sickle cell disease is inherited at birth when you receive related genes from both parents. One gene usually causes sickle cell trait (SCT), which often has no health problems. The main sickle cell ...

A congenital heart defect is a condition you’re born with. Types of heart defects vary in severity — with some, you’ll need surgery as a child, while others don’t need treatment until later in life or ...

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Coronary artery disease (CAD) includes two primary forms: obstructive CAD (OCAD), caused by plaque buildup in the arteries, and nonobstructive CAD (NOCAD), often due to artery function issues like ...

Types of Lung Disease and How They Disrupt the Way We Breathe: By Vagisha Jha Breathing is something we rarely think about, until it becomes difficult. Our lungs work tirelessly every second, drawing ...

Study identified numerous influential “hub genes” that offer promising new targets for early detection and therapeutic intervention.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Different types of ALS cause symptoms to begin in a certain part of the body and ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes ...