Their reputation was well deserved, for the study and practice of medicine was then led by Muslim societies across their immense territory, which extended from modern-day southern Spain to Iran.

People might refer to conventional or traditional medicine as “allopathic” medicine. In allopathic medicine, healthcare professionals use a range of treatments to treat infection, illness ...

Apr. 30, 2024 — A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found ...

Mission: Baylor College of Medicine School of Medicine develops diverse, compassionate physician leaders and educators who provide expert patient-centered care to diverse populations, supported by ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — How do complex mixtures of chemicals affect our health? New research has shown that chemicals that occur in complex mixtures and in concentration ratios as found in humans act ...

The Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine is the largest adult practice department at Baylor College of Medicine with more than 600 faculty members in 14 sections, 10 centers, and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

precision-medicine-micro-chip-stem-cellsOn this chip, researchers Clive Svendsen and Samuel Sances at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, micro-engineered spinal cord tissue from a patient ...

What Does a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Do? Osteopathic doctors focus on treating the whole person rather than just the specific symptoms or body parts. Osteopathic medicine is based on the ide ...

The Race and Medicine collection reflects NEJM’s commitment to understanding and combating racism as a public health and human rights crisis. Our commitment to antiracism includes efforts to ...

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Images in Clinical Medicine article type captures and illuminates the sense of visual discovery and variety that physicians experience every day in ...

One of the advantages of being a family medicine practitioner is that, unlike other doctors, physicians in this field aren't limited to treating a particular health condition or a specific type of ...