One of the things that makes developing effective treatments for Parkinson's disease so challenging is its complexity. While some forms are caused by genetics, others have environmental factors, and ...

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why classify? -- 2. The Aristotelian framework -- 3. The Darwinian pivot -- 4. Evolutionary taxonomy and the cladistic challenge -- 5.

Cancer classification is foundational for patient care and oncology research. Systems such as International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine ...

New research findings help explain the progression of Alzheimer-related dementia in each patient. The findings outline a biological classification system that predicts disease severity. Alzheimer's ...

Termites have a bad reputation. Most think of them as pests, a status that isn't helped by their recent reclassification into the cockroach family. But not only do the termites that cause serious ...

Muscle injury classification systems for hamstring injuries have evolved to use anatomy and imaging information to aid management and prognosis. However, classification systems lack reliability and ...