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From Lyme disease to art and advocacy
Bruce Davidson always enjoyed the outdoors. He owned and operated a landscape contracting business in the early 2000s in Boxborough,...
Lyme Disease
Psoriasis: On the road to discovery
Advances in genetic knowledge are providing the keys to unlock new treatments. NIH-supported researcher James T. Elder, M.D., Ph...
Psoriasis, Skin Conditions
Breaking new ground: NIH research highlights
With NIH support, scientists across the U.S. and the world conduct research to improve the health of our nation....
NIH Highlights
Understanding and preventing tick bites
As people spend more time outdoors, so do many insects and pests. Among them are ticks, which are small bloodsucking...
Tick Bites
Questions and answers about psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic (long-lasting) skin disease of scaling and inflammation that affects more than three percent of the U...
Psoriasis, Skin Conditions
Hope for aphasia patients
Cynthia K. Thompson, Ph.D., is a top researcher on language recovery from brain damage. Her research is funded in...
Aphasia
What is aphasia?
Aphasia makes it hard to read, write, say what you mean to say, and, sometimes, to understand what others say....
Aphasia
Former auctioneer finds voice after aphasia
One unremarkable September morning in 2011, Mark Vail had trouble getting dressed. Then, he poured milk across the kitchen counter instead...
Aphasia
Artificial pancreas: An incredible burden has been lifted
Kady Helme can't remember a time in her life when she didn't take care of her own type 1...
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
The miracle of an artificial pancreas
Thanks to investments in research, new and improved methods for managing type 1 diabetes are on the horizon, including the artificial...
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
NIH MedlinePlus magazine remembers Mary Tyler Moore
A little more than 10 years ago, Mary Tyler Moore helped launch the first issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine on Capitol...
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
What is diabetes?
Diabetes means your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. With type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make...
Diabetes
A head start on concussion recovery
"It would have been easier if he had broken a limb," Michelle Marchionni says about her son Sam's...
Concussion
Psoriasis doesn’t slow down Texan Brian LaFoy
Brian LaFoy has been around psoriasis his whole life. His father has it and his father's mother has it....
Psoriasis, Skin Conditions
Understanding kids and concussions
Every year, hundreds of thousands of school-aged children get concussions, a mild form of traumatic brain injury. But the after...
Concussion
How to remove a tick
Removing a tick can be tricky. We've compiled a list of helpful tips for you to follow with information...
Tick Bites