Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First human bird-flu death from H5N5L: What you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it ...

Surgery

Innovative care system aims to save severed limbs

The number of traumatic amputations is rising worldwide—caused by road traffic accidents, accidents at work or during leisure activities, but also as a result of terrorist attacks or war. Only a few specialist clinics are ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

3D map sheds light on why tendons are prone to injury

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have created the first detailed 3D map of how a crucial piece of connective tissue in our bodies responds to the stresses of movement and exercise. This tissue, called calcified ...

Radiology & Imaging

MRI-based study finds gender gap in knee injuries

One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury patterns based on gender and age.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why strange cures made sense in mysterious times

Feeding bread to a donkey to treat whooping cough, rubbing a black snail on a wart and impaling it on a thorn are two of the hundreds of remarkable rural Irish remedies once believed to cure ailments.

Genetics

How a gene shapes the architecture of the human brain

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim and the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate ...

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