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Heart Disease
Heart Disease: Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart's muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.
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MAR 31, 2018Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2018Immunology
Regulating inflammation is vital for controlling various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Inflammation is important ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 26, 2018Cardiology
For people with type 1 diabetes, being unaware of a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) event could be very dangerous. To hel ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 23, 2018Immunology
A supposedly rare genetic mutation that provides protection from malaria is actually present in one-third of people of A ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 22, 2018Immunology
Pancreatic islet cell transplantation provides new hope for people who struggle to control their type 1 diabetes. From t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 21, 2018Cardiology
A popular fasting diet called the 5:2 or “Fast Diet” may actually be better than traditional calorie-restric ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 20, 2018Immunology
Heart failure that ultimately results from disease factors like high blood pressure can be predicted and potentially pre ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a new pathway that promotes the activity of the cellular powerhouse, the mitochondria, durin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2018Immunology
Omega-6 fatty acids have traditionally been associated with promoting inflammation, but a new study shows that they also ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2018Cardiology
A new smartphone application can detect stroke-causing atrial fibrillation (AF) using the same accelerometer technology ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Before new drugs are tested in humans, researchers have to ensure that they are both effective and safe. Animal models o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 16, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Even though there exists an abundance of blood pressure-lowering drugs, high blood pressure persists to be a health conc ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 16, 2018Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, often goes unnoticed until the affected person has a stroke. Scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 15, 2018Health & Medicine
No one can argue that cigarettes are dangerous to good health. There are thousands of studies that prove the link betwee ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 15, 2018Cardiology
Injecting healthy heart cells grown in the lab is a promising treatment option for people with heart diseases whose own ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 14, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2018Immunology
One enzyme’s structure may hold the key to new treatments for a variety of diseases: diabetes, cancer, neurodegene ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 13, 2018Neuroscience
Another day, another diet? There are a lot of options out there whether for weight loss, cardiovascular issues or genera ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans and 50 percent of military veterans suffer from sleep problems.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2018Cardiology
Children who survive cancer are at an increased risk for heart disease in later in life, often developing heart disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 09, 2018Health & Medicine
“Sitting is the new smoking” is a common phrase that healthcare providers and fitness experts are using to g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 08, 2018Cardiology
There needs to be just the right amount of fats in the heart for optimal function - not too much and not too little. In ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2018Videos
Go to the gym, they said. It keeps you healthy, they said. But does it? Sure, regular exercise is essential and getting ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2018
Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2018
Immunology
Regulating inflammation is vital for controlling various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Inflammation is important
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 26, 2018
Cardiology
For people with type 1 diabetes, being unaware of a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) event could be very dangerous. To hel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2018
Immunology
A supposedly rare genetic mutation that provides protection from malaria is actually present in one-third of people of A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 22, 2018
Immunology
Pancreatic islet cell transplantation provides new hope for people who struggle to control their type 1 diabetes. From t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 21, 2018
Cardiology
A popular fasting diet called the 5:2 or “Fast Diet” may actually be better than traditional calorie-restric
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 20, 2018
Immunology
Heart failure that ultimately results from disease factors like high blood pressure can be predicted and potentially pre
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a new pathway that promotes the activity of the cellular powerhouse, the mitochondria, durin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2018
Immunology
Omega-6 fatty acids have traditionally been associated with promoting inflammation, but a new study shows that they also
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2018
Cardiology
A new smartphone application can detect stroke-causing atrial fibrillation (AF) using the same accelerometer technology
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before new drugs are tested in humans, researchers have to ensure that they are both effective and safe. Animal models o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Even though there exists an abundance of blood pressure-lowering drugs, high blood pressure persists to be a health conc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 16, 2018
Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, often goes unnoticed until the affected person has a stroke. Scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 15, 2018
Health & Medicine
No one can argue that cigarettes are dangerous to good health. There are thousands of studies that prove the link betwee
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 15, 2018
Cardiology
Injecting healthy heart cells grown in the lab is a promising treatment option for people with heart diseases whose own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 14, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2018
Immunology
One enzyme’s structure may hold the key to new treatments for a variety of diseases: diabetes, cancer, neurodegene
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 13, 2018
Neuroscience
Another day, another diet? There are a lot of options out there whether for weight loss, cardiovascular issues or genera
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans and 50 percent of military veterans suffer from sleep problems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2018
Cardiology
Children who survive cancer are at an increased risk for heart disease in later in life, often developing heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
“Sitting is the new smoking” is a common phrase that healthcare providers and fitness experts are using to g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2018
Cardiology
There needs to be just the right amount of fats in the heart for optimal function - not too much and not too little. In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2018
Videos
Go to the gym, they said. It keeps you healthy, they said. But does it? Sure, regular exercise is essential and getting
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim