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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 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from biotech firm Biogen and online medical information forum PatientsLikeMe conducted a study that suggests ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have shed light on the intricate dynamics underpinning a mysterious tongue condition that has been puzzling t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 23, 2015Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Cardiology
Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received cor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
A March 11 article on wired.com brings our attention to a new online review service, joining the likes of Yelp, Amazon, ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from biotech firm Biogen and online medical information forum PatientsLikeMe conducted a study that suggests
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...
A great deal of public atten ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 07, 2015
Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have shed light on the intricate dynamics underpinning a mysterious tongue condition that has been puzzling t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Cardiology
Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received cor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
A March 11 article on wired.com brings our attention to a new online review service, joining the likes of Yelp, Amazon,
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider