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Chronic diseases research
Chronic diseases are health conditions that persist for long periods of time, often advancing with time. Research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of chronic diseases. Examples of chronic diseases include asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Chron's disease, and cystic fibrosis.
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JUL 19, 2017Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2017Cancer
Men with height advantages may be at a disadvantage when it comes to prostate cancer risks. In the same vein, men with b ...JUL 18, 2017Microbiology
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) affects millions of people worldwide and could become the third leading cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2017Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2017Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2017Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Americans are making themselves sick by taking the wrong medications at home, a new study reports. We all have to medica ...JUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv ...JUL 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The habit that’s shared by at least 50 percent of Americans has been linked to increased longevity in a recent stu ...JUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 10, 2017Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 07, 2017Videos
Most are familiar with vaccines that help to increase the body's immune system effectively against the flu and other dis ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2017Immunology
Thanks to regulatory T cells (Tregs), the immune system is kept in line via a careful system of checks and balanc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2017Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Videos
It's no secret that treating cancer is expensive. From innovative new drugs, to specialists and high tech treatments, ev ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2017Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2017Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 24, 2017Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2017Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 21, 2017Neuroscience
When the body is attacked by germs or disease, the immune system goes in to action. Its job is to fight off infection an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you ever wondered how hospitals get away with serving up the same sugary, greasy, cholesterol-laden foods that doct ...JUN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed ...JUN 17, 2017Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2017
Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2017
Cancer
Men with height advantages may be at a disadvantage when it comes to prostate cancer risks. In the same vein, men with b
...
JUL 18, 2017
Microbiology
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) affects millions of people worldwide and could become the third leading cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 15, 2017
Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Americans are making themselves sick by taking the wrong medications at home, a new study reports. We all have to medica
...
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization recently reported on the alarming rise of “super gonorrhea” that can outmaneuv
...
JUL 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The habit that’s shared by at least 50 percent of Americans has been linked to increased longevity in a recent stu
...
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Fighting fire with fire, scientists are harnessing the adaptability of helpful microbes to challenge the adapt
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 10, 2017
Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
Most are familiar with vaccines that help to increase the body's immune system effectively against the flu and other dis
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2017
Immunology
Thanks to regulatory T cells (Tregs), the immune system is kept in line via a careful system of checks and balanc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Videos
It's no secret that treating cancer is expensive. From innovative new drugs, to specialists and high tech treatments, ev
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 29, 2017
Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2017
Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 24, 2017
Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2017
Neuroscience
When the body is attacked by germs or disease, the immune system goes in to action. Its job is to fight off infection an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Have you ever wondered how hospitals get away with serving up the same sugary, greasy, cholesterol-laden foods that doct
...
JUN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed
...
JUN 17, 2017
Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker