Bekah Kooy, 38, was convinced she had food poisoning when she felt nauseated and experienced stomach pain following lunch one ...

More people have colon cancer spread to their bones than in years past. This may be because colon cancer treatments have improved, which allows people to live longer, giving the cancer more time ...

CNN: What is colorectal cancer? Dr. Leana Wen: Colorectal cancer refers to colon cancer, which starts in the colon, and rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum. Sometimes, people refer to ...

A colon cleanse is a popular alternative remedy that some people claim removes waste and toxins from the colon. However, there is little scientific evidence to support colon cleansing routines ...

An illustration depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s-affected brain, with abnormal levels of beta amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function.

Gantenerumab helps eliminate one of the neurological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s, called amyloid plaques. For some participants, gantenerumab reduced their risk of developing the disease by more ...

The kidneys become hard and small with buildup of amyloid. It is important for the nurse to assess the extent of kidney involvement in amyloidosis and the development of the nephrotic syndrome.

One year earlier, in June 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration had approved aducanumab, an antibody-targeting beta-amyloid, as a treatment for Alzheimer's, even though the data supporting its use ...

The agency cleared the drug, called Amvuttra, for people with a cardiac form of the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis. Alnylam already sells the therapy for individuals with a genetic type of the ...

(AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) Jake Heinrichs prepares for his infusion treatment with an experimental anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug while at home in New York, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP ...

Both early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease start with amyloid slowly collecting in the brain two decades before memory and thinking problems arise. Further, all trial results from these ...