See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized the ...

“Structural heart disease” is an umbrella term that refers to conditions that affect different structures within the heart. Some of these problems can be present at birth, while others develop later ...

Comorbidities are health conditions that occur alongside a primary diagnosis. Shared risk factors can lead to both stroke and heart attack happening in the same person. Having one autoimmune disease ...

The word “epidemic” immediately brings to mind a highly infectious and deadly disease of the kind found in Hollywood films. In Contagion, for instance, a lethal infection with frightening symptoms ...

All stages of the fossil-fuel life cycle are a threat to human health, yet global overdependence on fossil fuel continues unabated, despite ambitious international agreements to lower greenhouse-gas ...

Prion diseases are rare and occur due to proteins in the brain that “misfold.” Another name for prion disease is transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). There are many types of prion ...

In 'Non-Pharmacologic Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease Agitation: Interventions, Best Practices, and Case Examples,' the expert neurologists examined the following critical questions: Before we get ...

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...

Viruses and bacteria are not responsible for all infections diseases. Many infectious diseases are caused by viruses and bacteria. But there are also other types of pathogens that cause illness.