Digital technology in the workplaceNegative impacts of digital workingPositive impacts of digital workingThe future of digital workingReferences Further reading The use of digital technology within the […]
Health and Human Rights
How are health and human rights linked?Who is most at risk of health rights violations?ReferencesFurther reading The human right to health is set out in […]
Abraham, Foraker, Yen elected fellows of informatics society
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has elected three faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis — Joanna Abraham, PhD, Randi […]
How Does Sleep Affect Heart Health?
Sleep duration and mortalityAffect of sleep duration on coronary heart disease, stroke, and total cardiovascular diseaseSleep duration and coronary artery calcificationSleep duration and hypertensionEffect of […]
Digestive Disorders and Mental Health
What is the gut-brain axis?The microbiota-gut-brain axis and neuropsychiatric disordersThe incidence of psychiatric illness and gastrointestinal disordersVariability in the correlations between mental health and gastrointestinal […]
The Cognitive Side Effects of Radiation Treatment
IntroductionAcute and early delayed damageLate delayed damageReferencesFurther reading Although radiation treatment is one of the primary methods to treat both brain tumors and brain metastases, it […]
What is Medical Mycology?
IntroductionMedical mycology: A neglected area of microbiology?Evolution of anti-fungal therapiesRecent advancementsReferencesFurther reading Fungal infections affect billions of people worldwide and, in severe cases can cause […]
Suicides less common in states that passed Medicaid expansion
Although there have been steady increases over the past 20 years in the number of people nationwide who die by suicide, researchers at Washington University […]
How is Bioluminescence Used in Cancer Research?
What is bioluminescence?The luciferin-luciferase systemBioluminescence imagingApplications in cancer researchReferences Further reading Bioluminescence systems are widely used in cancer research, particularly in preclinical studies conducted in both […]
Psychedelic Medicine: Past, Present, and Future
Psychedelics are a group of hallucinogenic drugs that alter thought, perception, and feelings by causing sensations that seem real but are not. Psychedelics come in […]
How has COVID-19 affected Organ Transplantation?
The retrovirus coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a profound impact on all facets of the medical industry. Media and medical experts alike have held […]
For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people
As brain scans have become more detailed and informative in recent decades, neuroimaging has seemed to promise a way for doctors and scientists to “see” […]
Investigating the Epidemic for Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease is a global public health concern, defined as sustained damage to the renal parenchyma that results in deterioration of kidney function with […]
Plant-Based Drugs and Medicines
Plants have been used as the source of drugs for long ages, and as of today, approximately 70,000 species have been screened for their potential […]