Health
Body donor's rare anatomy offers valuable lessons
Medical students have long learned the human body's intricacies by carefully examining a donated body in a gross anatomy class.
Apr 8, 2019
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Medications
Sugar pills relieve pain for chronic pain patients
Someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for certain chronic pain patients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills will reduce their pain as effectively as any powerful drug on the market, according to ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Take part in the biggest anatomy quiz in the world
A medical researcher is appealing for 20,000 members of the public to take part in an online citizen science project about human anatomy.
Jun 11, 2018
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Neuroscience
Identifying genes key to human memory: Insights from genetics and cognitive neuroscience
Researchers have identified more than 100 genes important for memory in people. The study is the first to identify correlations between gene data and brain activity during memory processing, providing a new window into human ...
Mar 26, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New 3-D technology improving patient care for complex kidney surgeries
If you were asked to describe the shape of a kidney, you may visualize a kidney bean. But Wes Nance's kidneys had a different shape, plus they were positioned atypically inside his body—plus, he had roughly a dozen painful ...
Mar 9, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Typical male brain anatomy associated with higher probability of autism spectrum disorder
A study of high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggests that characteristically male brain anatomy was associated with increased probability of ASD, according to a new article published online by JAMA ...
Feb 8, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Quality of life meets cure for prostate cancer treatment
Remember the game Operation? You need to carefully remove the body part without nicking the sides or the buzzer will sound.
May 11, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain structural effects of psychopharmacological treatment in bipolar disorder
Advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition and analyses over the last two decades have enabled the identification of neuroanatomical abnormalities in a range of mental disorders, however one question which has ...
Feb 16, 2016
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The man who revolutionized our knowledge of the human body
December 31, 2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in the history of medicine. He authored one of the most elegant and influential books in scientific history. His investigations ...
Jan 5, 2015
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Autism spectrum disorders
Brain anatomy differences between autistic and typically developing individuals are indistinguishable
In the largest MRI study to date, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the brain anatomy in MRI scans of people with autism above age six is mostly indistinguishable ...
Nov 4, 2014
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