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 discover how sound reduces pain in mice

Newly identified brain circuits may point to more effective pain therapies. An international team of scientists has identified the neural mechanisms through which sound blunts pain in mice. The findings,…

Mystery of heart repair solved

Study on wound healing after heart attack published in Science. More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. In this case, the heart muscle is no…

NIH researchers discover new genetic eye disease 


Genetic and clinical research reveals new type of macular dystrophy, a cause of central vision loss. Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified a new disease that affects…

Body versus brain

New evidence for an autoimmune cause of schizophrenia. Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify an autoantibody that may cause schizophrenia in some individuals. Schizophrenia is a disorder…

Nano-sensor detects pesticides on fruit in minutes

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a tiny sensor for detecting pesticides on fruit in just a few minutes. The technique, described as a proof-of-concept in a paper…

COVID kidney injury twice as common as diagnosed

A University of Queensland-led study has found millions of COVID-19 patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is a condition where the kidneys suddenly fail to filter waste…

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