Medical Education

A new therapy being developed by a group of researchers from across the globe aims to see if stem cells can be used to regenerate the brain damage caused by premature birth.This brain damage is called 'encephalopathy of prematurity'…

A new study in the journal Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, shows that there remains a meaningful gender gap between the number of biomedical papers written by women and those written by men. The medical profession…

Credit: Professor Philip Hill The Otago Global Health Institute, a flagship research centre of the University of Otago, is investing in new research initiatives in collaboration with the Fiji National University and the…

Enhancing vision services across New York City (New York, NY - January 08, 2019) NYC Health + Hospitals and SUNY College of Optometry today announced a new partnership that will enhance vision services for patients at four NYC Health +…

Research on burnout at osteopathic medical schools also finds 17% report high levels of depersonalization CHICAGO--January 6, 2020--Despite the prestige of becoming a physician, 80 percent of medical students report a low sense of personal…

A worldwide research effort is underway for finding a treatment option for hyperphagia, the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesityCredit: Michigan Medicine One in every 15,000 children is affected by Prader-Willi…

Credit: NASA New Orleans, LA - Serena Auñón-Chancellor, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's branch campus in Baton Rouge, is the lead author of a paper describing a…

Some religion-based hospitals deny certain reproductive care AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 2, 2020) - A small minority of Americans surveyed consider the religious affiliation of the hospitals that treat them, but a majority said they didn't want…

A study of two juvenile T.rex skeletons show how the large predator grew up Without a doubt, Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous dinosaur in the world. The 40-foot-long predator with bone crushing teeth inside a five-foot long head are…

ANN ARBOR--Leftover prescription opioids pose big risks to kids, yet most parents keep their own and their child's unused painkillers even after they're no longer medically necessary for pain. But a new University of Michigan study…