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Engineering meets medicine to tackle health challenges
Biomedical engineering combines engineering concepts with medical sciences to enhance human health through inventions such as better medical devices and diagnostic equipment.
Zahra Moussavi is...
Advancing maternal and infant health globally
Epidemiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the causes, frequency and pattern of diseases in a population. It examines how diseases can...
When babies can’t breathe
One in every 5,000 babies experience persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), a lethal condition that occurs when they are unable to get enough oxygen after...
Using dental anthropology to understand humanity
For decades, anthropologists have used teeth to answer questions about the lives and relationships of ancient and modern-day people. Dental anthropology is the study...
Challenging assumptions about aging
"We’re ignoring so many parts about aging if we just think of it as a health issue,” said Laura Funk, a professor in the...
