diseases and disorders

Introduction: Thrombosis is the formation, development or presence of a blood clot (thrombus) in a blood vessel. It is the most common severe medical disorder.  The most fequent example of…

Causes of Acute Liver Failure: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is known to cause acute liver failure. Alcohol-induced liver (ALD) disease:  About 26 million patients globally have advanced alcoholic…

FDA Approved Drugs Drugs that treat schizophrenia are called antipsychotics. The first antipsychotic drug, chlorpromzaine was discovered by accident in the ealry 1950. Subsequent research showed that chlorpromazine's antipsychotic properties…

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS and the major cause of neurological disability in young adults in developed countries. MS is an…

See also Aging Alzheimer Europe        Landscape Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative US Patents for transgenic mice models: U.S. Patent 5,387,742 U.S. Patent No. 5,602,299 NIH Neurosciences Blueprint. Alzorum  Diagnostic Tests: Quest  (The…

Introduction: Neurodegenerative cognitive diseases include diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Body, Parkinson's Diseases, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Cognitive neurodegeneration is a serious neurological condition that is very…

Alexion Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) Generally HUS is classified as typical versus atypical, and most cases are assocaited with acute kidney injruy. Typical HUS is caused by Shiga toxin producing…

Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) desposition in human tissues and organs is a characteristic of many human diseaes including IgA nephropathy, dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), and Henoch-Schoenlein purpura, and it is responsible for…

Links of interest: National Kidney Foundation. Web MD Companies:  Rockwell Medical See also: Reperfusion injury under inflammatory diseases Introduction:  Examples of kidney diseases include end stage renal disease, acute renal failure, chronic renal…

Introduction: Ischemia-reperfusion injuries occur when the blood supply returns to a part of teh body after it has been cut off for some time. The initial lack of cirulcation or…