SACRAMENTO, California — The brother of California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas allegedly stirred up drama at the Democratic National Convention in August, name-dropping his powerful sibling to ...

Fatal familial insomnia is a hereditary sleep disorder that currently affects about 30 families throughout the world, making it extremely uncommon. Insomnia is a decreased ability to fall asleep or ...

Diagnosis: Familial adenomatous polyposis with mental retardation, caused by an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 5 encompassing the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) tumor ...

At present it is not possible to say if Gardner's syndrome is the same as, or different from, familial polyposis. Until all patients with colonic polyps have a full clinical examination ...

An adenomatous polyp, also known as an adenoma, is an abnormal growth that forms on the colon's lining (large intestine). These polyps are common, comprising around 70% of all colon polyps. Roughly ...