February 13, 2019
8 NIH research highlights
What did we learn in 2018 that could help your health this year or in the future? NIH-supported researchers worked on a...
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July 12, 2018
Bringing prosthetic hands to life
NIH is improving prosthetic, or artificial, limbs so that they can work better and feel more natural to patients. Using...
NIH Highlights
July 09, 2018
Uncovering the mysteries of multiple sclerosis
An estimated 2.3 million people worldwide live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is a hard-to-predict disease of the central nervous system....
Multiple Sclerosis
April 24, 2018
Finding better and more personalized ways to diagnose cancer at NIH
Cancer treatment is constantly evolving and so are the detection tools that help diagnose it. The National Cancer Institute's ...
Cancer
April 24, 2018
A closer look at cancer imaging tools
Imaging procedures create pictures of areas inside your body that help your health care provider see whether cancer is present....
Cancer
October 13, 2017
The future of asthma monitoring
With so many pollutants indoors and outdoors, determining what triggers asthma in children is not easy. Now, NIH-supported researchers are...
Asthma
July 14, 2017
NIH-supported technologies of the future
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering's Surgery of the Future app lets users see different medical technolgies...
Medical Technology
July 14, 2017
Surgery of the future
In the not-too-distant future, operating rooms will feature devices that will revolutionize surgery for patients and doctors. You can get...
Surgery