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ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment - "No muscle nourishment."
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FEB 24, 2019Microbiology
Triclosan is commonly added to many household products and even toys and credit cards so microbial growth will be reduce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2019Cardiology
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The circulatory system is a complex collection of the heart and its many chambers, and the vessels that move blood aroun ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 23, 2019Cardiology
Despite most evidence suggesting that coffee can be part of a healthy diet, getting that idea into people's heads ha ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
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Adequate rest and recovery are crucial for achieving optimal athletic performance. Without it, athletes risk overuse inj ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 22, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Several imaging studies have focused mainly on whether marijuana use in young users causes morphological changes in the ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 22, 2019Cardiology
Israeli tech company Leviticus Cardio has created a unique system that allows for wireless charging of a ventricular ass ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 22, 2019Health & Medicine
The marijuana (cannabis) plant has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes for more than 4,000 years. It was i ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorFEB 21, 2019Genetics & Genomics
While cancer rates are dropping in general, colorectal cancer is becoming more common in people under the age of 55.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
If a species wants to survive, genetic information has to be passed successfully from one generation to the next.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2019Cardiology
High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is a form of cardiovascular interval training that uses short bursts of near- ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 20, 2019Immunology
People who have chronic inflammation in middle-age may develop problems with thinking and memoryWritten By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 20, 2019Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2019Immunology
A correlation between food allergy and inflammatory disease activity is observed by a team of researchersWritten By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 20, 2019Immunology
Scientists succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the phagocytes in the brain, the so-called microglia, all ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Conventional methods of identifying a positive blood culture require waiting for the blood culture broth to grow th ...Written By: Dena Aruta
FEB 24, 2019
Microbiology
Triclosan is commonly added to many household products and even toys and credit cards so microbial growth will be reduce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2019
Cardiology
Body mass index (BMI) scoring is a highly problematic method of calculating a person's body fat percentage. The BMI
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Do you suffer from insomnia? Well, you're not alone - one in four Americans develop insomnia every year, and while i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Despite Australia’s pledge last year to dedicate $500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Barrier
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Videos
Have you ever heard of the butterfly effect? This is a phenomenon that refers to chaos theory but also has a signif
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Videos
Our current global population is approximately 7.7 billion humans. But that number is only expected to rise. Scientists
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Cardiology
The circulatory system is a complex collection of the heart and its many chambers, and the vessels that move blood aroun
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 23, 2019
Cardiology
Despite most evidence suggesting that coffee can be part of a healthy diet, getting that idea into people's heads ha
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Different mechanisms helped genes conferring antibiotic resistance spread through a population of fish gut bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2019
Videos
The FDA has warned consumers not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2019
Cardiology
Adequate rest and recovery are crucial for achieving optimal athletic performance. Without it, athletes risk overuse inj
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 22, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Several imaging studies have focused mainly on whether marijuana use in young users causes morphological changes in the
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 22, 2019
Cardiology
Israeli tech company Leviticus Cardio has created a unique system that allows for wireless charging of a ventricular ass
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
The marijuana (cannabis) plant has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes for more than 4,000 years. It was i
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
FEB 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While cancer rates are dropping in general, colorectal cancer is becoming more common in people under the age of 55.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
If a species wants to survive, genetic information has to be passed successfully from one generation to the next.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2019
Cardiology
High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is a form of cardiovascular interval training that uses short bursts of near-
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 20, 2019
Immunology
People who have chronic inflammation in middle-age may develop problems with thinking and memory
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2019
Immunology
A correlation between food allergy and inflammatory disease activity is observed by a team of researchers
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 20, 2019
Immunology
Scientists succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the phagocytes in the brain, the so-called microglia, all
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Conventional methods of identifying a positive blood culture require waiting for the blood culture broth to grow th
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta