A testosterone test measures the amount of testosterone in your blood. The test may be ordered if you are showing signs of ...

An iron profile workup and dermatological findings, such as hyperpigmentation, resistant pruritus, alopecia, and vitiligo, ...

I thought I had the Parkinson’s gene’ Fabulous’ Deputy Editor Ellie O’Mahoney, 37, lives in Kent with husband Mark, 40, and ...

P.T., J.T.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (K.K., T.H.). Background—Homozygosity for a relatively common Cys282Tyr mutation of the human ...

From the Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, Utrecht University Medical School (M.R., Y.T.v.d.S.), and the Departments of Internal Medicine (M.R., B.d.V., J ...

Some opt to take supplements to help with their symptoms. Before you do, though, it’s important to check in with your doctor ...

A large-scale study has found that some people whose genetics are linked to the common iron overload condition hemochromatosis have substantially greater levels of liver, musculoskeletal and brain ...

the term secondary or acquired hemochromatosis has largely been abandoned in favor of defining the primary disease, for example, thalassemia major with secondary iron overload. [6] ...

Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder that causes the buildup of fatty substances in certain organs. Type 1 is the most common type of Gaucher disease, but it’s the least severe and has the ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition that can affect the structure and function of the heart. However, people with HCM can typically expect to live a relatively typical life ...

Liver disease, hereditary, passed through families. Factors like viral infections, alcohol, obesity lead to liver damage, cirrhosis. Genetic liver diseases: Hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease ...