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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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SEP 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
In early March of 2016, a severe storm raged cold strong winds, rains, and even snow down on the Monarch Butterfly Biosp ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Men, perhaps it's time to schedule a prostate screening exam with your doctor! New results from two eminent prostate ...SEP 02, 2017Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
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Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 08, 2017Plants & Animals
According to researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI), the shortfin ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
No matter how you slice it, smoking is unequivocally dangerous to your health. Cigarette smoking is now the number one l ...JUL 28, 2017Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 26, 2017Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of ...JUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our genome, the sum total of our genetic material, contains the directions for building our bodies. Could 75% of it be j ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The habit that’s shared by at least 50 percent of Americans has been linked to increased longevity in a recent stu ...JUL 05, 2017Cancer
It looks like a small pill attached to a long string. But scientists say the so-called “pill” may replace tr ...JUN 28, 2017Videos
A recent study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition struck fear in the hearts of potato lovers everywhere. Afte ...JUN 24, 2017Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f ...JUN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces ...JUN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2017Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s ...JUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 12, 2017Neuroscience
Hardly a week goes by in the scientific world without a new study or some new information on the effect of alcohol consu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 08, 2017Health & Medicine
A rip in the lining of the aorta requires immediate attention; 40 percent of people with this condition die immediately, ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In early March of 2016, a severe storm raged cold strong winds, rains, and even snow down on the Monarch Butterfly Biosp
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Men, perhaps it's time to schedule a prostate screening exam with your doctor! New results from two eminent prostate
...
SEP 02, 2017
Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 24, 2017
Cardiology
Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
According to researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI), the shortfin ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
No matter how you slice it, smoking is unequivocally dangerous to your health. Cigarette smoking is now the number one l
...
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of
...
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our genome, the sum total of our genetic material, contains the directions for building our bodies. Could 75% of it be j
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The habit that’s shared by at least 50 percent of Americans has been linked to increased longevity in a recent stu
...
JUL 05, 2017
Cancer
It looks like a small pill attached to a long string. But scientists say the so-called “pill” may replace tr
...
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
A recent study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition struck fear in the hearts of potato lovers everywhere. Afte
...
JUN 24, 2017
Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f
...
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2017
Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s
...
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Hardly a week goes by in the scientific world without a new study or some new information on the effect of alcohol consu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
A rip in the lining of the aorta requires immediate attention; 40 percent of people with this condition die immediately,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker