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Human health and disease
Human health and disease refers to understanding what contributes to human health (the staste of mental, social, and physical being) and what factors may deter health (such as disease, infection, etc.)
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MAR 09, 2016Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 08, 2016Health & Medicine
About 12 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (NIH). Yet, 85 percent of obstructive sleep apnea cases go undia ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2016Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign ...MAR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Until now scientists have believed the variations in traits that exist along a continuum—height, skin color, tende ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 22, 2016Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2016Chemistry & Physics
In 1952, a famous experiment mixed together chemicals that were present early in Earth’s history, then approximate ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 19, 2016Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Eat them in a smoothie or eat them plain, either way red raspberries are a gold mine of healthy compounds, dense with nu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo ...FEB 10, 2016Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...FEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
About 12 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (NIH). Yet, 85 percent of obstructive sleep apnea cases go undia
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2016
Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign
...
MAR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Until now scientists have believed the variations in traits that exist along a continuum—height, skin color, tende
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 22, 2016
Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
In 1952, a famous experiment mixed together chemicals that were present early in Earth’s history, then approximate
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 19, 2016
Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Eat them in a smoothie or eat them plain, either way red raspberries are a gold mine of healthy compounds, dense with nu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo
...
FEB 10, 2016
Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)