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The medical category provides reliable and up-to-date information about health, medicine and innovative treatment methods. In this category, you can find a wide range of content from disease diagnosis and treatment processes to medical technologies, from drug research to surgical innovations.
AI Models Predict Intimate Partner Violence Years in Advance
Researchers at Harvard Medical School trained algorithms to detect intimate partner violence years before hospital disclosure, highlighting sharp tensions between predictive screening and patient agency.
How Escape Rooms Give Healthcare Students a Safe Place to Fail
Healthcare educators use escape rooms to help students practice clinical reasoning, navigate incomplete patient data, and learn from mistakes without real-world harm.
How Built Environments Influence Youth Mental Health
A longitudinal study of nearly one million young people in New Zealand links neighborhood environments to youth mental health, while disaster research highlights distinct long-term psychological trajectories.
Corporate Healthcare Systems Reshape Patient Care and Clinical Risks
The industrialization of medicine has reshaped patient care over four decades, moving from independent practices to corporate managed care and direct-to-consumer online prescribing platforms. While expanding patient access to treatments, this fragmented system challenges primary care continuity and patient safety.
Why Ketamine Immobilizes the Body and Disconnects Users
Ketamine produces motor immobility and conscious detachment by blocking NMDA receptors in the brain. While controlled clinical doses offer rapid relief for treatment-resistant depression, unmonitored recreational use creates sensory disconnection that freezes voluntary movement.
Why Wildfire Smoke Turns More Toxic as It Drifts
Wildfire smoke chemically transforms as it drifts across vast distances, reacting with sunlight and urban air to generate ozone and harmful secondary aerosols.
Carson Bruns Tests Invisible Tattoo Ink Under UV Light
Nanoscientist Carson Bruns and his team at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an invisible tattoo ink that appears under ultraviolet light and disappears under visible light.
Can Tumor Markers for Breast Cancer Predict Chemotherapy Need?
Secondary analyses from the CompassHER2-pCR trial reveal how tumor markers identify HER2-positive breast cancer patients who respond to less chemotherapy.
Social Listening Reshapes Communication in Health Crises
During a health crisis, broadcasting information is rarely enough. Research into COVID-19 response teams in South Africa demonstrates how circular social listening uncovers community doubts, tracks persistent misinformation, and improves emergency communication.
How Brainstem Breathing Neurons Trigger High Blood Pressure
Researchers in Brazil and New Zealand found that brainstem breathing neurons can constrict blood vessels and trigger neurogenic hypertension. The finding helps explain uncontrolled blood pressure and suggests neck sensors as a drug target.