Chorea-acanthocytosis is a rare genetic disorder of the nervous system. It causes involuntary jerks and twitches in the muscles, known as chorea, and star-shaped red blood cells, known as ...

I threw up every single day of my pregnancy. Everything made my stomach turn—water, crackers, a hopeful sip of ginger ale; the things you’re supposed to try when you are sick. But this was not ...

Up to 90% of pregnant women experience nausea and vomiting. When prolonged or severe, this is known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which can, in individual cases, be life threatening. In this ...

Women have unique health issues. And some of the health issues that affect both men and women can affect women differently. Unique issues to women include pregnancy, menopause and conditions of ...

The Fidgety Fetus Hypothesis suggests that fetal activity is a determinant of birth weight. Previous reports have examined the "fidget gene" in lean and obese adults and suggest that individual ...

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Anti-basal ganglia antibodies (ABGA) have been associated with 100% of acute cases and 69% of persistent cases of Sydenham’s chorea. We describe two cases of late recurrences of Sydenham’s chorea with ...

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurological disorder caused by a genetic mutation passed down through families. The disease destroys cells in different parts of the brain, causing symptoms that get ...