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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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MAY 27, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
While opioids have been in use in North America since at least the time of the Civil War, we still don't know everything ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2018Cardiology
Eating more than one egg was long believed to be bad for your health due to the presence of high cholesterol. Regardless ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 21, 2018Microbiology
New research has found when triclosan is used with another FDA-approved drug, it can help fight deadly illness.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2018Microbiology
While inflammation is an important part of the response to injury or illness, chronic inflammation has been implicated a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Treating the common cold has never been simple and finding effective options has baffled scientists for centuries. The c ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A drug known as Gilenya (fingolimod), which was first approved in 2010 for the treatment of Multiple Sclero ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 13, 2018Cannabis Sciences
As more states move away from prohibition of cannabis more questions are being asked about the effects cannabis has on t ...Written By: Melissa MooreMAY 08, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Texas at Austin have successfully used animal models to examine a drug believed to in ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 06, 2018Cannabis Sciences
On Saturday May 5, 2018 Buffalo, NY celebrated their 26th annual AIDS walk that brings awareness and honor to those who ...Written By: Melissa MooreMAY 03, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study and the World Health Organization (WHO), migraine makes the list as t ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 02, 2018Videos
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system estimated to affect 2.5 million people worldwide. In ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2018Neuroscience
It's been established by several research studies that playing American football can cause head trauma and lead to d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2018Neuroscience
It's been called both a crisis and an epidemic and health professionals do not throw those terms around casually. Th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2018Cardiology
Life expectancy has improved for Americans over the past 50 years, but researchers involved in a new study theorize that ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 28, 2018Cardiology
We’ve heard that dark chocolate is good for us in reasonable amounts, but two unique studies from the Loma Linda U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2018Videos
In fecal microbiota transplantation, poo is actually used as a medicine. Sometimes applied as a last resort, it is used ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2018Microbiology
A new study has found that drinkers carry more disease-linked-bacteria than non-drinkers.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease. It is common and affects more than 300 million people worldwide and over 40 mil ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 20, 2018Immunology
Memory T cells: where do they come from and how is their production controlled? Researchers from the Scripps Research In ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A diagnosis of a mild concussion or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) raises the risk of developing Parkinson’s disea ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2018Immunology
Drugs that reduce cholesterol, like statins, can treat existing heart disease, but what if there was way to prevent hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 06, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, or Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) can take up to a week, but patients affected need anti ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 02, 2018Microbiology
Lyme disease is a serious illness caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium; now researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2018Immunology
An infectious disease that afflicts cattle all over the world is particularly devastating because it can inhibit the ani ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAY 27, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
While opioids have been in use in North America since at least the time of the Civil War, we still don't know everything
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2018
Cardiology
Eating more than one egg was long believed to be bad for your health due to the presence of high cholesterol. Regardless
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 21, 2018
Microbiology
New research has found when triclosan is used with another FDA-approved drug, it can help fight deadly illness.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2018
Microbiology
While inflammation is an important part of the response to injury or illness, chronic inflammation has been implicated a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Treating the common cold has never been simple and finding effective options has baffled scientists for centuries. The c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug known as Gilenya (fingolimod), which was first approved in 2010 for the treatment of Multiple Sclero
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 13, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
As more states move away from prohibition of cannabis more questions are being asked about the effects cannabis has on t
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
MAY 08, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Texas at Austin have successfully used animal models to examine a drug believed to in
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 06, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
On Saturday May 5, 2018 Buffalo, NY celebrated their 26th annual AIDS walk that brings awareness and honor to those who
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
MAY 03, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study and the World Health Organization (WHO), migraine makes the list as t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 02, 2018
Videos
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system estimated to affect 2.5 million people worldwide. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2018
Neuroscience
It's been established by several research studies that playing American football can cause head trauma and lead to d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2018
Neuroscience
It's been called both a crisis and an epidemic and health professionals do not throw those terms around casually. Th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 30, 2018
Cardiology
Life expectancy has improved for Americans over the past 50 years, but researchers involved in a new study theorize that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 28, 2018
Cardiology
We’ve heard that dark chocolate is good for us in reasonable amounts, but two unique studies from the Loma Linda U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2018
Videos
In fecal microbiota transplantation, poo is actually used as a medicine. Sometimes applied as a last resort, it is used
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2018
Microbiology
A new study has found that drinkers carry more disease-linked-bacteria than non-drinkers.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease. It is common and affects more than 300 million people worldwide and over 40 mil
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 20, 2018
Immunology
Memory T cells: where do they come from and how is their production controlled? Researchers from the Scripps Research In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A diagnosis of a mild concussion or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) raises the risk of developing Parkinson’s disea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2018
Immunology
Drugs that reduce cholesterol, like statins, can treat existing heart disease, but what if there was way to prevent hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 06, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, or Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) can take up to a week, but patients affected need anti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 02, 2018
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a serious illness caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium; now researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2018
Immunology
An infectious disease that afflicts cattle all over the world is particularly devastating because it can inhibit the ani
...
Written By:
Kara Marker