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Endometriosis under a microscope
Endometriosis is when cells from the lining of your uterus grow in other areas of your body. Some places they can grow are on or...
Endometriosis, Women's Health
Endometriosis: What you need to know
The uterus, or womb, is where a fetus grows in a person's body when they are pregnant. The uterus is lined with tissue known...
Endometriosis
Commonly prescribed antidepressants and how they work
Antidepressants are among the most searched-for medications online. But there is a lot of information out there to sift through. We've pulled together some...
Antidepressants
What we know—and still don’t know—about menopause
If you menstruate (have periods), menopause is when your menstrual cycle ends for 12 consecutive months. Aside from the reproductive system, menopause also affects heart and...
Menopause, Women's Health
Menopause: What you need to know
If you menstruate (have periods), menopause is when your menstrual cycle ends for 12 consecutive months. It is a natural stage of life that happens because...
Menopause, Women's Health
Meet the Director: Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., is excited by opportunities to encourage and support research that can enhance human communication. As...
Meet the Director, Hearing Disorders and Deafness
Meet the Director: Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, National Institute of Nursing Research
Nursing is the largest health care workforce in the United States. As Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Shannon N. Zenk, Ph...
Meet the Director, Health Disparities
Alcohol’s health effects: What you need to know
Drinking alcohol is so common that people may not question how even one beer, cocktail, or glass of wine could impact their health. Alcohol is...
Alcohol Use Disorder
Learning about aging from turtles and other cold-blooded critters
As we get older, our bodies change in ways that can affect our health and well-being. Over time, our cells age and change, and our...
Healthy Aging
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...
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 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
