A new study examined disabilities and caregiving before and after older adults entered long-term care communities. The researchers found that people who went into nursing homes and assisted living ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

High levels of the periodontal bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum may be associated with more severe disability in people with multiple sclerosis.

Popular media presentations of adults with autism, such The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (above) involve adults with unusual abilities. But what of the one-third or more of the autism ...

Clinical trials for treatments to prevent recurring strokes typically only include participants who have little to no disability from a prior stroke. A new Yale study finds that leaving patients with ...

Federal Medicaid officials are issuing new guidance aimed at making it easier for children with complex medical conditions like severe autism and cerebral palsy to access the care they need, even if ...

Brain lesions — areas of brain tissue that show damage from injury or disease — are the biomarker most widely used to determine multiple sclerosis disease progression. But an innovative new study led ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

While the survival rate of severe trauma patients in South Korea has been increasing, the rate of patients acquiring serious ...