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Atrial fibrillation: What you need to know
Atrial fibrillation is also known as AFib or AF. AFib is the most common type of arrhythmia disorder (when your heart beats too quickly, too...
Heart Diseases
Meet the Director: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., served in the medical and research communities for decades before becoming the second Director of the National Institute on Minority...
Meet the Director, Health Disparities
Meet the Director: George F. Koob, Ph.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Even after decades of research in the field, George F. Koob, Ph.D., is still learning new things about alcohol, its overall effects on human...
Alcohol Use Disorder, Meet the Director
Rett syndrome: an overview of this rare genetic disorder
What is Rett syndrome? Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which a child’s early growth and development regresses after initially meeting their developmental...
Rare Diseases
Weathering a rare childhood disorder
As a chief foreign correspondent for NBC News over the past 15 years, Richard Engel has covered wars and conflicts around the world. The Peabody and...
Rare Diseases
Uncovering a cure: NIH-supported research lays the groundwork for understanding and treating pain
From the lab to the bedside Pain affects millions of Americans. It’s hard to measure, and there isn’t a one-size-fits-all treatment approach. NIH conducts and...
Pain
“Ouch, that hurts!” The science of pain
Almost all of us have experienced pain of some kind. It’s the most common reason why people seek medical care. But because people feel pain...
Pain
Teens and stress: When it’s more than worry
Stress—and sometimes feeling anxious—is a natural and normal experience for everyone, including children and teenagers. But when those feelings last a long time or occur...
Anxiety
Teens are talking about mental health
The prevalence of mental health issues is hard to measure, but federal data show how widespread the challenges are. The Centers for Disease Control and...
Mental Health
Prosthetics through the ages
Millions of people in the United States are currently living with limb loss. This number is expected to grow as the population ages and rates...
Medical Technology
Engineer and athlete Rory Cooper, Ph.D., draws from personal experience to design new technologies for people with disabilities
Rory Cooper, Ph.D., is a Paralympian, Army veteran, world-renowned inventor and engineer, and disability advocate. In 1994, he founded the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL),...
Limb Loss
Dr. Shuai Xie is building a bridge between engineering and public health
As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Shuai Xie, Ph.D., M.P.H., collaborates with experts...
Environmental Health
Music and health
Music and pain Research suggests that listening to music can help reduce acute and chronic pain. Music-based interventions may also help people with certain kinds...
Sound Health, Pain
Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy isn’t slowing down
About 24 years ago, Amy Purdy lost her legs, spleen, and hearing in one ear from a deadly blood infection. Since then, she has won three...
Medical Technology
