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Kidney
The kidney is one of the human vital organs which is responsible for filtering the blood and getting rid of the waste products. Each kidney is about 4 or 5 inches long, roughly the size of a large fist. The kidneys' job is to filter your blood.
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MAY 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An accurate diagnosis is not just for the living. Everyday, pathologists perform autopsies on dead bodies to discover th
...
MAY 26, 2017
Microbiology
Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight in cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
Recent studies have pretty much debunked the myth that obesity can be tied to health and fitness. That is, being “
...
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that over 123,000 people currently are in need of a lifesaving org
...
MAY 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
Your daily visit to the bathroom scale could soon flood you with information about your health beyond how much yo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2017
Cardiology
While studying the formation of the kidney, researchers realized that a gene they had deleted to examine the effect of i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2017
Videos
Running is good for you because it helps you keep your figure and health in tip-top condition, but some people run too m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Cancer
The malaria parasite was the inspiration behind the newest drug for the treatment of bladder cancer. In particular, the
...
APR 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
A shortage of zinc, an essential mineral, could be connected to the risk of heart disease. Recent study results have sho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
How effective is aspirin for treating peripheral vascular disease, really? A large-scale meta-analysis introduces the id
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
The power of potassium goes beyond bananas and leg cramps; multiple potassium-rich foods including sweet potatoes, avoca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2017
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are painful and unfortunately quite common; half of all women get a UTI eventually, a qu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Beyond vanity gains, a drug that slows down the ageing process could be transformative for people who suffer from aging-
...
MAR 14, 2017
Cancer
A drug, Cabozantinib, has demonstrated efficacy against invasive prostate cancer in mice.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Cardiology
People taking heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors—Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix—may not
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 13, 2017
Immunology
At the end of the eighteenth century, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed nearly ten percent of the ci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A study at Columbia University uncovered genetic clues to the cause of Berger's disease, suggesting a genetic defect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2017
Cardiology
A careful balance must be struck between various pathways in the body, or adverse cardiac events like heart attac
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2017
Cardiology
Pulmonary fibrosis can inhibit breathing due to scarring in the lungs. However, fibrosis is not limited to the lungs; it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The condition known as anencephaly – lacking a brain – affects about 3 pregnancies per every 10,000 in the U
...
FEB 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2017
Neuroscience
While most people understand that organ donation can be life-saving, what is less understood is the donation of human br
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2017
Immunology
There seems to be a key genetic difference between males and females that is not related to sex chromosomes. Instead, it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2017
Immunology
After early a decade of research, scientists have finally discovered the function of the “Armadillo repeat contain
...
Written By:
Kara Marker