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Blood Collection: is usually drawn and collected in order to perform a variety of laboratory tests. Specimens are often sent to help diagnose and treat conditions.
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JAN 29, 2018Space & Astronomy
Depending on where you live, you just might be in for a special treat if you stare into the pre-morning skies on Wednesd ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2018Health & Medicine
According to a 2013 study on patient safety, approximated 400,000 people die prematurely in hospitals each year. Prematu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 19, 2018Microbiology
Not every mom can feed her baby breast milk. Now researchers have identified additives that can make formula better.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 02, 2018Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2017Cardiology
Key differences between two cardiovascular conditions call for drugs with different therapeutic activity to successfully ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2017Videos
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is much more common in women than it is in men, so research has traditionally focused on women ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2017Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 19, 2017Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 15, 2017Cardiology
Scientists from the University of California - Los Angeles introduce “MyLeukoMap,” an experimental blood tes ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2017Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Cardiology
The reason why people of the same weight can have very different risk profiles for heart disease is because the distribu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2017Cardiology
The aorta’s response to repeated strenuous exercise that embodies a professional football career has been found to ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Videos
While fitness trackers like FitBits seem to be everywhere, a new device to monitor health is being developed, and it aim ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 12, 2017Cardiology
Consistently high blood pressure is an infamous warning sign for future heart problems, but the newest study from the In ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2017Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. The parasite can be found throughout the world ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Neuroscience
Mushrooms, at least the kind referred to as "magic" are not usually considered a remedy for a severe illness, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 17, 2017Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 22, 2017Videos
The horseshoe crab is considered one of the relatively few living fossils on Earth, given that it's been around for 450 ...SEP 19, 2017Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 29, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Depending on where you live, you just might be in for a special treat if you stare into the pre-morning skies on Wednesd
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2018
Health & Medicine
According to a 2013 study on patient safety, approximated 400,000 people die prematurely in hospitals each year. Prematu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 19, 2018
Microbiology
Not every mom can feed her baby breast milk. Now researchers have identified additives that can make formula better.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 02, 2018
Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Cardiology
Key differences between two cardiovascular conditions call for drugs with different therapeutic activity to successfully
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Videos
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is much more common in women than it is in men, so research has traditionally focused on women
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2017
Cardiology
Scientists from the University of California - Los Angeles introduce “MyLeukoMap,” an experimental blood tes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2017
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Cardiology
The reason why people of the same weight can have very different risk profiles for heart disease is because the distribu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2017
Cardiology
The aorta’s response to repeated strenuous exercise that embodies a professional football career has been found to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Videos
While fitness trackers like FitBits seem to be everywhere, a new device to monitor health is being developed, and it aim
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 12, 2017
Cardiology
Consistently high blood pressure is an infamous warning sign for future heart problems, but the newest study from the In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2017
Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. The parasite can be found throughout the world
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Mushrooms, at least the kind referred to as "magic" are not usually considered a remedy for a severe illness,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 17, 2017
Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 22, 2017
Videos
The horseshoe crab is considered one of the relatively few living fossils on Earth, given that it's been around for 450
...
SEP 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim