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History of Medicine
History of Medicine: shows how societies have changed in their approach to illness and disease from ancient times to the present. Early medical traditions include those of Babylon, China, Egypt and India. The Indians introduced the concepts of medical diagnosis, prognosis, and advanced medical ethics.
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FEB 29, 2016Cardiology
Typically people know that exercising is a healthy activity to do regularly, along with eating fruits and vegetables and ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 17, 2016Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease affects a staggering 44 million people worldwide. This number might actually be even greater, ...JAN 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study by the National Institute of Health reported that a potato-rich diet pre-pregnancy may significantly increas ...JAN 13, 2016Neuroscience
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a lipid (fat molecule) in brain cells may act a ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 29, 2015Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Six to ten percent of pregnant women are currently being treated for depression with antidepressants. Women who stop tak ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 12, 2015Health & Medicine
For the first time in history, non-infectious diseases are killing more people than infectious diseases. Non-infectious ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
In the United States, about 67 percent of women 40 and older ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Cardiology
When a woman was brought to the hospital with bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT), her doctors tried all of the ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem ...SEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2015Immunology
Our immune system is our protection against foreign invaders like harmful bacteria and viruses. When our immune cells re ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 21, 2015Neuroscience
Getting older may have its benefits. One of them may be getting by with less sleep and feeling good about it. A new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 30, 2015Cancer
The most common type of lung cancer, which is also the most common cause of cancer deaths, is resistant to a cytokine ca ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 13, 2015Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2015Neuroscience
"Accelerated and persistent declines in memory and thinking ability" lasting as long as 6 years after a stroke "at a rat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 30, 2015Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 25, 2015Videos
Hip dysplasia is a condition causing injury to the hip joint, detectable by an X-Ray. This condition develops when the h ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2015Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 29, 2016
Cardiology
Typically people know that exercising is a healthy activity to do regularly, along with eating fruits and vegetables and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2016
Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease affects a staggering 44 million people worldwide. This number might actually be even greater,
...
JAN 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study by the National Institute of Health reported that a potato-rich diet pre-pregnancy may significantly increas
...
JAN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a lipid (fat molecule) in brain cells may act a
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 29, 2015
Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Six to ten percent of pregnant women are currently being treated for depression with antidepressants. Women who stop tak
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
For the first time in history, non-infectious diseases are killing more people than infectious diseases. Non-infectious
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
In the United States, about 67 percent of women 40 and older
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Cardiology
When a woman was brought to the hospital with bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT), her doctors tried all of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem
...
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2015
Immunology
Our immune system is our protection against foreign invaders like harmful bacteria and viruses. When our immune cells re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Getting older may have its benefits. One of them may be getting by with less sleep and feeling good about it. A new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 30, 2015
Cancer
The most common type of lung cancer, which is also the most common cause of cancer deaths, is resistant to a cytokine ca
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 13, 2015
Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 09, 2015
Neuroscience
"Accelerated and persistent declines in memory and thinking ability" lasting as long as 6 years after a stroke "at a rat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 30, 2015
Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 25, 2015
Videos
Hip dysplasia is a condition causing injury to the hip joint, detectable by an X-Ray. This condition develops when the h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2015
Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider