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Diagnosis: is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.
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JAN 05, 2023Cancer
Immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), has changed the landscape of cancer treatment in the last ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 04, 2023Neuroscience
Right now, there are no blood tests that can reliably diagnose Alzheimer's disease on their own. Most people only get di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2023Microbiology
While it has gotten competition from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, measles is known as one of the most inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2023Cancer
As we ring in 2023 today, many will explore their New Year's resolutions. The tradition of New Year's reso ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Two FDA-approved drugs mitigate and may even eliminate brain fog in people with long COVID. The corresponding case repor ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 21, 2022Neuroscience
Social behavior is common to all animal species and refers to interactions between individuals of a species. Studying so ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanDEC 20, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Immune checkpoints are a part of the immune system that prevents the body’s immune response from destroying health ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 13, 2022Technology
High blood pressure is, unfortunately, an increasingly common health condition. In the U.S alone, almost half of all adu ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 11, 2022Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness that causes flu-like illness and high fevers. Though illness and death from malaria ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 05, 2022Cannabis Sciences
A recent study provides insights into post-surgery pain management outcomes. The study found that cannabis users experie ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 29, 2022Cancer
Aging occurs when molecular damage accumulates in cells and tissues throughout the body resulting in dysfunction and dys ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 21, 2022Cancer
Experts define metastatic cancer as cancer that spreads from the anatomical location where it started to a distant part ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 20, 2022Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox- ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Cancer
About 20% of breast cancers exhibit elevated levels of a protein known as HER2. You may have heard the classifier ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 10, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Infantile-onset Pompe disease is a rare genetic disorder. Those with infantile-onset Pompe disease begin showing symptom ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 09, 2022Cardiology
Getting enough sleep is an important part of lowering chronic disease risk.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to definitively diagnose. Instead, clinicians rely on behavioral tests that are o ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 07, 2022Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2022Health & Medicine
We know of some risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, and like other neuropsychiatric disorders, there is a genetic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2022Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a highly aggressive type of pancreatic cancer, has a very poor prognosis due, a ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) is a frustratingly difficult disease to characterize. For one, fiLD is difficu ...Written By: Zoe Michaud
JAN 05, 2023
Cancer
Immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), has changed the landscape of cancer treatment in the last
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 04, 2023
Neuroscience
Right now, there are no blood tests that can reliably diagnose Alzheimer's disease on their own. Most people only get di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2023
Microbiology
While it has gotten competition from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, measles is known as one of the most inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2023
Cancer
As we ring in 2023 today, many will explore their New Year's resolutions. The tradition of New Year's reso
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Two FDA-approved drugs mitigate and may even eliminate brain fog in people with long COVID. The corresponding case repor
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 21, 2022
Neuroscience
Social behavior is common to all animal species and refers to interactions between individuals of a species. Studying so
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
DEC 20, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Immune checkpoints are a part of the immune system that prevents the body’s immune response from destroying health
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 13, 2022
Technology
High blood pressure is, unfortunately, an increasingly common health condition. In the U.S alone, almost half of all adu
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 11, 2022
Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness that causes flu-like illness and high fevers. Though illness and death from malaria
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 05, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study provides insights into post-surgery pain management outcomes. The study found that cannabis users experie
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 29, 2022
Cancer
Aging occurs when molecular damage accumulates in cells and tissues throughout the body resulting in dysfunction and dys
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 21, 2022
Cancer
Experts define metastatic cancer as cancer that spreads from the anatomical location where it started to a distant part
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 20, 2022
Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox-
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Cancer
About 20% of breast cancers exhibit elevated levels of a protein known as HER2. You may have heard the classifier
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 10, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Infantile-onset Pompe disease is a rare genetic disorder. Those with infantile-onset Pompe disease begin showing symptom
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 09, 2022
Cardiology
Getting enough sleep is an important part of lowering chronic disease risk.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to definitively diagnose. Instead, clinicians rely on behavioral tests that are o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 07, 2022
Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2022
Health & Medicine
We know of some risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, and like other neuropsychiatric disorders, there is a genetic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2022
Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a highly aggressive type of pancreatic cancer, has a very poor prognosis due, a
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) is a frustratingly difficult disease to characterize. For one, fiLD is difficu
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud