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Chronic Disease
Chronic Disease: A disease that persists for an extended amount of time. In order for the disease to be considered chronic, it lasts for about 3 months or more. These diseases often cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.
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DEC 31, 2020Immunology
Bumpy, inflamed, ring-shaped lesions on the skin—granuloma annulare (GA) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 28, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Rutgers University have found that prenatal exposure to metals, including lead, arsenic, cobalt, and ni ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 28, 2020Immunology
Our immune system is our army against any molecule that wants to invade our bodies like viruses, bacteria, and cancer. I ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cytokines are a group of molecules that are involved in several processes including cell signaling and inflammation, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2020Microbiology
Scientists may have uncovered what links depression and the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 04, 2020Microbiology
Although children can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and spread it to others, they are mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2020Cardiology
Researchers used data from over 30,000 people in this study, which included MRI and blood pressure information.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2020Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 22, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have found that two synthetic cannabinoids available on prescri ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 19, 2020Immunology
Parasitic worms known as helminths have a complicated relationship with the immune systems of the hosts they invade. Ter ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
For a long time cardiovascular issues related to the heart muscular wall have been addressed by therapeutics that target ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 01, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 26, 2020Cancer
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have developed a new approach to targeting leukemic stem cells ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 18, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that as much as half of the global population carries a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori in their stoma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2020Immunology
In general, men have higher blood pressures than women, giving them an increased risk of developing heart disease. After ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
DEC 31, 2020
Immunology
Bumpy, inflamed, ring-shaped lesions on the skin—granuloma annulare (GA) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 28, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Rutgers University have found that prenatal exposure to metals, including lead, arsenic, cobalt, and ni
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 28, 2020
Immunology
Our immune system is our army against any molecule that wants to invade our bodies like viruses, bacteria, and cancer. I
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cytokines are a group of molecules that are involved in several processes including cell signaling and inflammation, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists may have uncovered what links depression and the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 04, 2020
Microbiology
Although children can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and spread it to others, they are mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers used data from over 30,000 people in this study, which included MRI and blood pressure information.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2020
Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 22, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have found that two synthetic cannabinoids available on prescri
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 19, 2020
Immunology
Parasitic worms known as helminths have a complicated relationship with the immune systems of the hosts they invade. Ter
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
For a long time cardiovascular issues related to the heart muscular wall have been addressed by therapeutics that target
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 01, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 26, 2020
Cancer
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have developed a new approach to targeting leukemic stem cells
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that as much as half of the global population carries a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori in their stoma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2020
Immunology
In general, men have higher blood pressures than women, giving them an increased risk of developing heart disease. After
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes