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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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FEB 03, 2018Cardiology
Individuals with type 1 diabetes often have additional problems with their eyes, kidneys, heart, and other organs due to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 31, 2018Neuroscience
Getting medication to the brain can be a tricky business. The blood-brain-barrier is designed to prevent toxic substance ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 24, 2018Neuroscience
Ever since the first study of concussion and it's relation to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) hit the news, d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 11, 2018Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that is probably most well-known from the co ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 10, 2018Health & Medicine
When you have a newborn, of course, the focus is on doing the best you can, in every way. Healthy habits become easy to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 08, 2018Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 05, 2018Immunology
A chronic autoimmune disease of the skin, called scleroderma, is not contagious or infections and often not harmful. How ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2017Cannabis Sciences
A continued look at some big research news in 2017.Written By: Loren DeVitoDEC 28, 2017Cancer
Participants experienced an improvement in global sleep quality.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 27, 2017Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2017Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2017Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 21, 2017Cannabis Sciences
Learn about a mysterious condition associated with long-term cannabis use.Written By: Loren DeVitoDEC 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Unhealthy responses to stress, whether physical or emotional, as a result of abuse, violence, and other experiences of a ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Antibody use as drugs for multiple disease states has been a rapidly evolving area with great promise. Here, this is su ...Written By: Courtney SchaalDEC 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Muscle stem cells have distinct responses after different events that stimulate self-renewal.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Cannabis Sciences
What's the connection between cannabis use in adolescents and mental health?Written By: Loren DeVitoDEC 12, 2017Health & Medicine
Multiple sclerosis, MS, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the US. About 200 people ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2017Cardiology
Studies in the past have linked obesity with better outcomes for people with heart disease although obesity has also his ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Pitfalls and considerations in all things factoring into identifying and targeting actionable targetsWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 06, 2017Neuroscience
While chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease that builds over time, new research on high impac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Videos
Having a healthy set of nails is important not just for vanity's sake - the health of your nails may actually be an indi ...DEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
FEB 03, 2018
Cardiology
Individuals with type 1 diabetes often have additional problems with their eyes, kidneys, heart, and other organs due to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2018
Neuroscience
Getting medication to the brain can be a tricky business. The blood-brain-barrier is designed to prevent toxic substance
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 24, 2018
Neuroscience
Ever since the first study of concussion and it's relation to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) hit the news, d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2018
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that is probably most well-known from the co
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 10, 2018
Health & Medicine
When you have a newborn, of course, the focus is on doing the best you can, in every way. Healthy habits become easy to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 08, 2018
Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 05, 2018
Immunology
A chronic autoimmune disease of the skin, called scleroderma, is not contagious or infections and often not harmful. How
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
A continued look at some big research news in 2017.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
DEC 28, 2017
Cancer
Participants experienced an improvement in global sleep quality.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 27, 2017
Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
Learn about a mysterious condition associated with long-term cannabis use.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
DEC 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Unhealthy responses to stress, whether physical or emotional, as a result of abuse, violence, and other experiences of a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibody use as drugs for multiple disease states has been a rapidly evolving area with great promise. Here, this is su
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Muscle stem cells have distinct responses after different events that stimulate self-renewal.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
What's the connection between cannabis use in adolescents and mental health?
Written By:
Loren DeVito
DEC 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
Multiple sclerosis, MS, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the US. About 200 people
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2017
Cardiology
Studies in the past have linked obesity with better outcomes for people with heart disease although obesity has also his
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Pitfalls and considerations in all things factoring into identifying and targeting actionable targets
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 06, 2017
Neuroscience
While chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease that builds over time, new research on high impac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Videos
Having a healthy set of nails is important not just for vanity's sake - the health of your nails may actually be an indi
...
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich