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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 Diseases
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks out about heart health
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a master of rebounds. On the basketball court, the six-time NBA Most Valuable Player’s offense made history....
Cardiovascular Disease, 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...
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,...
Meet the Director, Alcohol Use Disorder
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sound Health, Pain
Audio analgesia: How sound blunts pain—at least in mice
An international team of scientists, led in part by investigators from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, studied...
NIH Research, Pain