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Bleeding
Bleeding: The release of blood from a broken blood vessel, either inside or outside the body. You may bleed when you get a cut or other wound. Bleeding can also be due to an injury to internal organs.
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MAR 02, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center say they “have taken a frequently used and necessary imaging test and ma ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 19, 2016Cardiology
At the recent International Stroke Conference of 2016, researchers presented a study that connected untreated high blood ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 30, 2016Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2016Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2016Neuroscience
Having a stroke can leave a person with significant impairments in movement, cognitive ability and speech. It is the thi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 14, 2016Cardiology
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2016Cardiology
This year in the tenth edition of guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment, published in Chest, 53 updated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at Harvard University created a disposable device that can predict a patient’s blood clotting tendencie ...DEC 29, 2015Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh ...DEC 04, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In medical emergencies like strokes, every second matters. The condition is highly time-sensitive, as survival is direct ...NOV 28, 2015Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Cardiology
Neurofibromin is an important protein found in all of your cells that naturally suppresses tumor formation and is an ant ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetOCT 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 26, 2015Immunology
Sirolimus, an immunosuppressant drug, as recently been used in clinical trials for patients with autoimmune blood disord ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2015Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 07, 2015Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2015Plants & Animals
On the last Sunday of the summer season, on a warm beach on Cape Cod, swimmers and beachcombers made the most of the tin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 16, 2015Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 10% of people infected with Rocky Mountain Spot ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2015Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us ...
MAR 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center say they “have taken a frequently used and necessary imaging test and ma
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 19, 2016
Cardiology
At the recent International Stroke Conference of 2016, researchers presented a study that connected untreated high blood
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Having a stroke can leave a person with significant impairments in movement, cognitive ability and speech. It is the thi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 14, 2016
Cardiology
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2016
Cardiology
This year in the tenth edition of guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment, published in Chest, 53 updated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at Harvard University created a disposable device that can predict a patient’s blood clotting tendencie
...
DEC 29, 2015
Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh
...
DEC 04, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In medical emergencies like strokes, every second matters. The condition is highly time-sensitive, as survival is direct
...
NOV 28, 2015
Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Cardiology
Neurofibromin is an important protein found in all of your cells that naturally suppresses tumor formation and is an ant
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
OCT 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 26, 2015
Immunology
Sirolimus, an immunosuppressant drug, as recently been used in clinical trials for patients with autoimmune blood disord
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2015
Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 07, 2015
Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
On the last Sunday of the summer season, on a warm beach on Cape Cod, swimmers and beachcombers made the most of the tin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 10% of people infected with Rocky Mountain Spot
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2015
Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us
...