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Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases: refers to the medical conditions which affect the bone. Some bone diseases are Bone Cancer, Bone Density, Bone Infections, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis, Paget's Disease of Bone, Rickets, and there are others. Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, which is characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone structure. Osteoporosis can be prevented, as well as diagnosed and treated.
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DEC 11, 2015Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent ...NOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
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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 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
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Biofilms consist of surface-associated bacteria surrounded by an extracellular matrix (think dental plaque). Biofilms of ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 06, 2015Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 22, 2015Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t ...MAY 15, 2015Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA ...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, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 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 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 25, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent
...
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
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
OCT 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
The product pipeline for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) exhibits a lower degree of innovation than both the industry and onc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
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 17, 2015
Cancer
There is good news for children with neuroblastoma, the second most common solid-tumor childhood cancer. Donald L. Durde
...
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 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 09, 2015
Microbiology
Biofilms consist of surface-associated bacteria surrounded by an extracellular matrix (think dental plaque). Biofilms of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t
...
MAY 15, 2015
Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA
...
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
Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
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 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider