Normal-weight obesity affects the amount of fat that may be visible around your waist. Here are the six warning signs that ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child’s first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, ...

The survival rate in infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare hereditary disease that prevents the body from ...

March marks Rare Disorder Month, with March 21 also recognising World Down Syndrome Day – a time to acknowledge both rare and more common chromosomal conditions. In Te Puke, two families have ...

Drae Mead-Strong was just 17 weeks old when he was the youngest in the world to be diagnosed with the ultra-rare disorder ...

Prof Ayman at Burjeel Medical City discovers syndrome affecting children’s brain Prof. Ayman W. El-Hattab, Consultant Clinical Genetics and Director, Genetics and Rare Disease Center at Burjeel ...

Drae Mead-Strong was diagnosed with the ultra-rare neurogenetic disorder by a doctor in Philadelphia ...

Prof. El-Hattab has contributed to the identification of more than 10 novel genetic syndromes and numerous ultra-rare conditions. Image: WAM A rare inherited neurodevelopmental disorder has been ...

Drae Mead-Strong was just 17-weeks-old back in June 2022, when he was diagnosed with a rare neurogenetic disorder called TBCK. He is the only person in the world with the diagnosis, as doctors ...

Discover how vitamin D deficiency impacts snoring by weakening upper airway muscles and increasing systemic inflammation. This essential nutrient maintains neuromuscular control and reduces throat ...

Rare diseases may each be uncommon, but together they affect an estimated 2.2 to 3 million people in Poland, a researcher at the University of Silesia in the southern city of Katowice has said.