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.
Arthritis pain processed in brain’s ‘fear zone’, first PET scans reveal
A team led by Dr Bhavna Kulkarni has captured the first images of how the brain processes arthritis pain, using positron emission tomography (PET) scanners…
Preventing cancer without killing cells
It was previously unknown whether cellular senescence or programmed cell death – apoptosis – was the more important safeguard mechanism for suppressing tumours…
UK researchers call for national database of epidural complications
They discovered that 12 of the 8,100 people studied developed major complications after receiving epidural pain relief following an operation. Six developed…
Lack Of Care For Older Breast Cancer Patients
Compared to younger women, older women with breast cancer are less likely to be diagnosed via needle biopsy and triple assessment, less likely to undergo…
The CIMA from the University of Navarra and a Dutch scientific center have found a treatment for porphyria
The research on this hereditary disease has been developed in the Area of Genetic Therapy and Hepatology of the CIMA. Dr. Jesús Prieto coordinated the…
Just keep moving, ladies
Kristiann Heesch and colleagues at the University of Queensland, Australia examined data on middle-aged (48-55) and older (72-79) women collected using surveys…