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Mortality
Mortality is a quantification of death, often referring to deaths attributing to a specific cause such as a disease or illness. Epidemiological studies often report mortality rates which are calculated by dividing the number of deaths due to a disease by the total population.
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APR 23, 2020Health & Medicine
Are you drinking more coffee than usual during the COVID-19 lockdown? Navigating weeks of working from home or onsite, a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 23, 2020Cardiology
Researchers have found that young adults in their 20’s and 30’s who experience inconsistent blood pressure m ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 17, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Texas Tech University have found that anti-vaxxers (those who deny the efficacy of vaccines) are more p ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2020Cardiology
In the US alone, approximately 182,000 heart valve replacements are performed every year. Now, researchers from McGill U ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 16, 2020Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande ...Written By: Stephanie Leon QuinonezAPR 15, 2020Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 15, 2020Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 14, 2020Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 03, 2020Cardiology
Although initial reports focused mostly on COVID 19’s respiratory effects, including pneumonia and difficulty brea ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Older adults are more susceptible to infections and don't generate a robust immune response after a vaccination.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2020Cancer
The most common, and most deadly, cancer across the world is lung cancer. If caught early, lung cancer has quite a low m ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As the search for a treatment for coronavirus continues, a perhaps obscure-sounding candidate has begun to make headline ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 25, 2020Health & Medicine
CT scans from 27 patients that first contracted Cornonavirus in Wuhan, China reveal signatures in the lungs that could h ...Written By: Carly BoydMAR 19, 2020Cardiology
New research has shown that having bariatric surgery, by means of having a gastric band placed around the stomach to res ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 17, 2020Cancer
Research presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2020Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2020Health & Medicine
Are omega-3 fatty acid supplements part of your daily routine? Recommendations of intake vary worldwide but typically in ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 12, 2020Cardiology
According to the old adage, ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. But is that really so? Now, r ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 11, 2020Cardiology
As it turns out, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) doesn’t just affect the function of your joints. New research has found ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 05, 2020Cardiology
Around the world, fish oil is a popular dietary supplement. Now, researchers have found that regularly consuming it may ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 26, 2020Cardiology
Heart diseases, also known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death around the world. In 2016 a ...Written By: Annie Lennon
APR 23, 2020
Health & Medicine
Are you drinking more coffee than usual during the COVID-19 lockdown? Navigating weeks of working from home or onsite, a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 23, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers have found that young adults in their 20’s and 30’s who experience inconsistent blood pressure m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 17, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Texas Tech University have found that anti-vaxxers (those who deny the efficacy of vaccines) are more p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2020
Cardiology
In the US alone, approximately 182,000 heart valve replacements are performed every year. Now, researchers from McGill U
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande
...
Written By:
Stephanie Leon Quinonez
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 03, 2020
Cardiology
Although initial reports focused mostly on COVID 19’s respiratory effects, including pneumonia and difficulty brea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Older adults are more susceptible to infections and don't generate a robust immune response after a vaccination.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2020
Cancer
The most common, and most deadly, cancer across the world is lung cancer. If caught early, lung cancer has quite a low m
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As the search for a treatment for coronavirus continues, a perhaps obscure-sounding candidate has begun to make headline
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 25, 2020
Health & Medicine
CT scans from 27 patients that first contracted Cornonavirus in Wuhan, China reveal signatures in the lungs that could h
...
Written By:
Carly Boyd
MAR 19, 2020
Cardiology
New research has shown that having bariatric surgery, by means of having a gastric band placed around the stomach to res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 17, 2020
Cancer
Research presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2020
Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2020
Health & Medicine
Are omega-3 fatty acid supplements part of your daily routine? Recommendations of intake vary worldwide but typically in
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 12, 2020
Cardiology
According to the old adage, ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. But is that really so? Now, r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 11, 2020
Cardiology
As it turns out, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) doesn’t just affect the function of your joints. New research has found
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 05, 2020
Cardiology
Around the world, fish oil is a popular dietary supplement. Now, researchers have found that regularly consuming it may
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 26, 2020
Cardiology
Heart diseases, also known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death around the world. In 2016 a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon