Healthcare professionals use various criteria to describe acute and chronic conditions. The two types of conditions have several differences in the way people experience, develop, and receive ...

It can be hard to get a diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). It’s easy to confuse it with other sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy. But even with a proper diagnosis, there are challenges. People ...

Psoriasis is a tricky condition. It’s an autoimmune disease, meaning it happens because your immune system isn’t working the way it should. It sends out messages, speeding up skin growth. New cells ...

Therapies Scientific Committee, International Rare Disease Research Consortium, Paris, France; Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Dutch Center for ...

Protections for people with preexisting medical conditions will continue to be a hot topic as the 2020 election cycle heats up. Unsurprisingly, ensuring that people with preexisting conditions have ...

A team led by the Rippel Foundation’s ReThink Health initiative, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, came together in 2017 to articulate a set of “vital conditions” for health and ...

Many different conditions can affect the scalp. Scalp conditions range from allergic reactions and minor infections to more serious health conditions. Treatments vary between scalp conditions. This ...