Health and Medicine

This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.

Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.

Researchers have identified areas of the retina that change in mild Alzheimer's disease

For the first time, researchers have determined the shape and size of the areas that present significant thinning in each retinal layer, which tend to occur in…

Gene Coding Error Found in Rare, Inherited Form of Lung-Scarring Disorder Linked to Short Telomeres

By combing through the entire genetic sequences of a person with a lung scarring disease and 13 of the person's relatives, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers…

Two commonly used uveitis drugs perform similarly in NIH-funded clinical trial

Methotrexate and the more expensive mycophenolate mofetil performed similarly in a head-to-head clinical trial that compared the two drugs for treating…

Innovative method provides unique insights into the structure of cells and tissues

Cells are the basic building blocks of life – and, as such, they have been the object of intense study since the invention of the optical microscope in the…

Best treatment for herniated disc

Sudden back pain is often caused by a herniated disc. The intervertebral discs are a kind of buffer between the vertebrae and are heavily strained over the…

World-first cardio trial shows shorter wait times and admissions

A major new study led by Flinders University Professor Derek Chew shows that up to 70% of patients presenting to Australian hospital emergency departments with…

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