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Medical data is personal information related to the diagnosis, treatment, and overall healthcare of a patient and can include details like demographic details, drugs prescribed, laboratory tests, and health insurance. Medial data is sometimes referred to as an electronic medical record (EMR) and it is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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APR 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists like to get creative; they have now taken technology for studying climate change and utilized it to predict h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2017Videos
Much of the time, people derive causation from correlation. Put another way, when two odd circumstances seem to align wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Cardiology
Your hospital stay, where your cardiologist told you that your heart was failing, has come to an end. You’r ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 27, 2017Neuroscience
It’s happened to almost everyone. A brain freeze. It’s not about being forgetful or not being able to think ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Iceland has generated a wealth of genetic data. The island nation is isolated, so since it was settled around 1,200 year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have determined that depression is the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Cardiology
People taking heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors—Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix—may not ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mathematical modeling has been successfully used in myriad applications, from predicting the weather to understanding be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2017Cancer
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recomm ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of our genome as being relatively stable an unchanging, but there are many opportunities for subtle a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2017Neuroscience
As we age, some systems in the body don’t work as well. Eyesight weakens, there can be some minor age related memo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 28, 2017Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious medical issue that can affect any woman after she gives birth. The Centers for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2017Neuroscience
Using high-tech scans has become commonplace in neuroscience. CT scans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and PET scans a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 18, 2017Videos
An international team of researchers has completed a study that demonstrates that vitamin D supplements can help ward of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2017Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2017Cancer
Women who opt to remove one or both ovaries during a hysterectomy may be doubling their risks for heart disease, cancer, ...FEB 14, 2017Microbiology
Not all cases of antibiotic resistance stem from mutations - many bacteria are intrinsically resistant. This type of res ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 07, 2017Health & Medicine
Doctors have long advised women born with complex congenital heart defects not to get pregnant due to the detrimental ef ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2017Cardiology
Coming down with the flu or even just a bad cold often has us reaching for the Advil, but a new research study indicates ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2017Neuroscience
Recognizing the faces of those we know and believing them to be who we think they are is how the brain is supposed to wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 31, 2017Cardiology
New research reveals a new, menopause-specific indicator of heart disease risk—and suggests possible ways to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 31, 2017Immunology
The number of people getting a flu shot at a pharmacy skyrocketed from 3.2 million to 20.9 million between 2007 and 2013 ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 31, 2017Cardiology
In the United States, heart disease is dangerously common and very expensive. Many people with heart disease and at a hi ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists like to get creative; they have now taken technology for studying climate change and utilized it to predict h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2017
Videos
Much of the time, people derive causation from correlation. Put another way, when two odd circumstances seem to align wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Cardiology
Your hospital stay, where your cardiologist told you that your heart was failing, has come to an end. You’r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 27, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s happened to almost everyone. A brain freeze. It’s not about being forgetful or not being able to think
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Iceland has generated a wealth of genetic data. The island nation is isolated, so since it was settled around 1,200 year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have determined that depression is the
...
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 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mathematical modeling has been successfully used in myriad applications, from predicting the weather to understanding be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2017
Cancer
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recomm
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of our genome as being relatively stable an unchanging, but there are many opportunities for subtle a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2017
Neuroscience
As we age, some systems in the body don’t work as well. Eyesight weakens, there can be some minor age related memo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 28, 2017
Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious medical issue that can affect any woman after she gives birth. The Centers for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Using high-tech scans has become commonplace in neuroscience. CT scans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and PET scans a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 18, 2017
Videos
An international team of researchers has completed a study that demonstrates that vitamin D supplements can help ward of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2017
Cancer
Women who opt to remove one or both ovaries during a hysterectomy may be doubling their risks for heart disease, cancer,
...
FEB 14, 2017
Microbiology
Not all cases of antibiotic resistance stem from mutations - many bacteria are intrinsically resistant. This type of res
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 07, 2017
Health & Medicine
Doctors have long advised women born with complex congenital heart defects not to get pregnant due to the detrimental ef
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2017
Cardiology
Coming down with the flu or even just a bad cold often has us reaching for the Advil, but a new research study indicates
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Recognizing the faces of those we know and believing them to be who we think they are is how the brain is supposed to wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 31, 2017
Cardiology
New research reveals a new, menopause-specific indicator of heart disease risk—and suggests possible ways to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 31, 2017
Immunology
The number of people getting a flu shot at a pharmacy skyrocketed from 3.2 million to 20.9 million between 2007 and 2013
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 31, 2017
Cardiology
In the United States, heart disease is dangerously common and very expensive. Many people with heart disease and at a hi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker