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Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is a broad term encompassing a variety of medical modalities. They are treatments that are used along with standard medical treatments but are not considered to be standard treatments. Herbalism is an example of alternative medicine.
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MAY 12, 2016Plants & Animals
To write another article denouncing the horrors of gas chambers that are used in shelters throughout the US to euthanize ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2016Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 11, 2016Cardiology
Drugs used to treat heartburn and acid reflux may damage kidneys and lead to kidney failure, new research shows. An ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Bear bile farms are expanding rapidly throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in China, Vietnam and Laos. Bear bile, whi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Social networks play an important role in a person’s health. Studies have shown that the amount of friends a perso ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To avoid serious infections and complications, all medical implants must be sterilized prior to being put inside patient ...APR 26, 2016Neuroscience
While most people have used over the counter sleep aids or cold medications, some caution might be advisable for certain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2016Cancer
The strict ketogenic diet was used in medicine to treat intractable epilepsy long before it became a popular weight loss ...APR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The quest for male contraception is ongoing and may have gotten a little boost, as researchers at University of Virginia ...APR 10, 2016Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study found that treating osteoporosis brought on by hyperparathyroidism with conventional drugs could actually ...APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t ...APR 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca ...MAR 21, 2016Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 16, 2016Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available ...MAR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The microbiome is a specialized collection of bacteria residing in the human body. Mostly famous for their existence in ...MAR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility ...MAR 08, 2016Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2016Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 22, 2016Cancer
Active surveillance could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for some women with ductal carcinoma in situ, ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically, ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
MAY 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
To write another article denouncing the horrors of gas chambers that are used in shelters throughout the US to euthanize
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
Drugs used to treat heartburn and acid reflux may damage kidneys and lead to kidney failure, new research shows. An
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bear bile farms are expanding rapidly throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in China, Vietnam and Laos. Bear bile, whi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Social networks play an important role in a person’s health. Studies have shown that the amount of friends a perso
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To avoid serious infections and complications, all medical implants must be sterilized prior to being put inside patient
...
APR 26, 2016
Neuroscience
While most people have used over the counter sleep aids or cold medications, some caution might be advisable for certain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2016
Cancer
The strict ketogenic diet was used in medicine to treat intractable epilepsy long before it became a popular weight loss
...
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The quest for male contraception is ongoing and may have gotten a little boost, as researchers at University of Virginia
...
APR 10, 2016
Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study found that treating osteoporosis brought on by hyperparathyroidism with conventional drugs could actually
...
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t
...
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca
...
MAR 21, 2016
Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available
...
MAR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The microbiome is a specialized collection of bacteria residing in the human body. Mostly famous for their existence in
...
MAR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility
...
MAR 08, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2016
Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc
...
FEB 22, 2016
Cancer
Active surveillance could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for some women with ductal carcinoma in situ,
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet