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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 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 13, 2015Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 24, 2015Cancer
By discovering how micro-RNAs, small regulatory molecules in cells, render prostate cancer resistant to radiotherapy, re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 13, 2015Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 01, 2015Health & Medicine
A recent study conducted by scientists at Tufts University has linked the consumption of sugary beverages to 184,000 adu ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 26, 2015Microbiology
White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the cold-loving fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has devastated bat populations ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Might as well turn your chair into a coffin. That's been the conclusion of new research into the cardiological implicati ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Videos
This interactive animation describes about "coronary stent procedure" made by scientific animations. Stents are small ex ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 04, 2015Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 02, 2015Immunology
Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 06, 2015Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 04, 2014Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 01, 2014Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
SEP 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2015
Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 24, 2015
Cancer
By discovering how micro-RNAs, small regulatory molecules in cells, render prostate cancer resistant to radiotherapy, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 13, 2015
Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
A recent study conducted by scientists at Tufts University has linked the consumption of sugary beverages to 184,000 adu
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 26, 2015
Microbiology
White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the cold-loving fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has devastated bat populations
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Might as well turn your chair into a coffin. That's been the conclusion of new research into the cardiological implicati
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Videos
This interactive animation describes about "coronary stent procedure" made by scientific animations. Stents are small ex
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 04, 2015
Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 02, 2015
Immunology
Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 06, 2015
Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 04, 2014
Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 01, 2014
Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke