Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. The details on the events that occur during autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta-cells have ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers investigated the putative mechanism(s) of vaccine failure underlying the resurgence of mumps in ...

Over at Youreka Science, medical researcher Florie Charles has a great video that introduces you to a cutting-edge hypothesis about how HIV progresses into the fatal disease AIDS. If correct, we may ...

The spoon theory is a helpful metaphor and tool for understanding how a chronic illness can affect your energy levels. Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental ...

A scientific theory is a structured explanation to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world that often incorporates a scientific hypothesis and scientific laws. The scientific ...

Lyon et al.'s article on “stress-induced” cardiomyopathy proposed that stress would be the essence of the Takotsubo apical ballooning transient cardiomyopathy, and it would be mediated by a high ...