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Disease control
Disease control refers to public health efforts to reduce the number of new infections, the number of people who are currently infected, and the number of people who become sick and/or die from a disease.
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FEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 01, 2021Cardiology
Spinal cord injury patients obviously have to deal with the loss of function, but another, less obvious problem many of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Health & Medicine
As vaping cannabis grew in popularity a couple of years ago, so too did concerns about its safety. Between August 2019 a ...Written By: Angela DowdenJAN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2021Immunology
In a period of just over three weeks, over four million people received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Out of all the ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 26, 2021Immunology
Multiple sclerosis is known for its progression of symptoms even after a period of complete remission. There is no way o ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 25, 2021Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJAN 25, 2021Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Neuroscience
Studies show an association between the gut microbiome and Parkinson's disease. Up until now, though, no studies had ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2021Immunology
Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish—these foods are among the most unwanted list for t ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 18, 2021Immunology
Critically ill COVID patients in the U.K. may receive an arthritis drug after a study showed that treatment lowered mort ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare multisystemic disorder that causes delays in growth, distinctive facial features, short statur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a serious threat to public health, one of many reasons why it's impor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2021Health & Medicine
In areas where recreational cannabis has been legalized, sales of “junk” foods such as ice cream, cookies an ...Written By: Angela DowdenJAN 14, 2021Cardiology
The everyday tracking of health has become far easier these days with the advent of fitness watches and other technology ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJAN 14, 2021Immunology
Vitamin D is sometimes referred to as the “sunshine vitamin” because it’s synthesized in the skin afte ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 13, 2021Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis and tobacco smoke are known to share some of the same toxins. Now, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institut ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 12, 2021Cardiology
One of the biggest problems that come alongside diabetes is the increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Treatment of d ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJAN 12, 2021Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 09, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Although there is significant improvement in managing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diseases, ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
There has long been debate about whether viruses are a form of life, because many of them are only made up of a bit of g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, taking nearly 18 million lives every year. Of these card ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 06, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 01, 2021
Cardiology
Spinal cord injury patients obviously have to deal with the loss of function, but another, less obvious problem many of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Health & Medicine
As vaping cannabis grew in popularity a couple of years ago, so too did concerns about its safety. Between August 2019 a
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JAN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2021
Immunology
In a period of just over three weeks, over four million people received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Out of all the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 26, 2021
Immunology
Multiple sclerosis is known for its progression of symptoms even after a period of complete remission. There is no way o
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 25, 2021
Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JAN 25, 2021
Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Neuroscience
Studies show an association between the gut microbiome and Parkinson's disease. Up until now, though, no studies had
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2021
Immunology
Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish—these foods are among the most unwanted list for t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 18, 2021
Immunology
Critically ill COVID patients in the U.K. may receive an arthritis drug after a study showed that treatment lowered mort
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare multisystemic disorder that causes delays in growth, distinctive facial features, short statur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a serious threat to public health, one of many reasons why it's impor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2021
Health & Medicine
In areas where recreational cannabis has been legalized, sales of “junk” foods such as ice cream, cookies an
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JAN 14, 2021
Cardiology
The everyday tracking of health has become far easier these days with the advent of fitness watches and other technology
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JAN 14, 2021
Immunology
Vitamin D is sometimes referred to as the “sunshine vitamin” because it’s synthesized in the skin afte
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis and tobacco smoke are known to share some of the same toxins. Now, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institut
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 12, 2021
Cardiology
One of the biggest problems that come alongside diabetes is the increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Treatment of d
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JAN 12, 2021
Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 09, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Although there is significant improvement in managing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diseases,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
There has long been debate about whether viruses are a form of life, because many of them are only made up of a bit of g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, taking nearly 18 million lives every year. Of these card
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 06, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch