Celiac disease is associated with an increased risk for developing alopecia areata, according to a letter to the editor published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Rashwan ...

Disease prevention is a procedure through which individuals, particularly those with risk factors for a disease, are treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring. Treatment normally begins ...

The best way to be tested for celiac disease is to discuss your symptoms with a doctor. They can perform blood tests, an endoscopy, and a biopsy to look for signs. You might be tempted to test ...

However, some people who have gluten-related disorders may need to avoid it. These disorders include: celiac disease non-celiac gluten sensitivity gluten ataxia, (an autoimmune disorder that may ...

Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases.

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

Can you outgrow celiac disease (an intolerance to gluten)? Unfortunately, no, you can't. Once you've been diagnosed (and assuming the diagnosis is correct), you will have the condition for life.

Signs and symptoms of Lyme disease can vary from person to person after being bitten by an infected blacklegged tick (deer tick) or western blacklegged tick. Lyme disease occurs in stages. The signs ...

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee of the Paralympic and Olympic Games has unveiled the first animated pictograms to be used in the history of the event. The expansive bank of 73 pictograms created ...