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Medicine and surgery
Medicine is both a science and a practice involving caring for patients by diagnosing and managing injury, disease, and illness. Surgery is a medical specialty which uses operative tetchiness to treat injury, disease, or illness, or alter the function or appearance of a part of the body.
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OCT 10, 2017Cancer
A new survey finds that women who undergo double mastectomy for early stage breast cancer are nearly 8 times more likely ...OCT 09, 2017Immunology
People who report a penicillin allergy before undergoing the simplest of surgical procedures are in danger of developing ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 08, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Having colored eyeballs is never worth losing your eyesight. A Canadian model recently learned this lesson the hard ...SEP 28, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A decade-long eye infection left an Australian woman blind in her left eye. According to the report, 38-year-old Claire ...SEP 28, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
With every new medical technology, doctors are getting better at saving more patients’ lives. Medical advancements ...SEP 27, 2017Cancer
Mental health is inextricably linked to physical health and wellbeing. That is the sentiment in a study, which found tha ...SEP 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Currently, if a doctor suspects a patient has cancer or other diseases, he orders a tissue biopsy to confirm whether the ...SEP 26, 2017Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new study suggest that cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects in children, could be reversed ...SEP 18, 2017Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph ...SEP 14, 2017Cancer
Larry King, the famed talk show host, recently revealed his diagnosis of Stage 1 lung cancer. King then underwent surger ...SEP 13, 2017Cardiology
Believe it or not, a “hole in the heart” from a condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO) is mostly harmle ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 10, 2017Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A 64-year-old man recently went to the doctor for painful urination for three days. His CT scan shocked doctors, as it s ...SEP 04, 2017Neuroscience
The operating room is a pretty intense place, especially when there is actual brain surgery going on. A surgical team mu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 02, 2017Cancer
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of Apple, would have been intrigued by a new app that researchers say can detect ...AUG 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New technology may end the need for expensive surgeryWritten By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2017Cardiology
Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 21, 2017Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2017Cancer
Alternative medicine options are becoming increasingly popular among patients. But results from a new study suggests tha ...AUG 14, 2017Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2017Cancer
For children with bone cancer below the knee, a revolutionary procedure removes the tumor while also allowing for better ...
OCT 10, 2017
Cancer
A new survey finds that women who undergo double mastectomy for early stage breast cancer are nearly 8 times more likely
...
OCT 09, 2017
Immunology
People who report a penicillin allergy before undergoing the simplest of surgical procedures are in danger of developing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Having colored eyeballs is never worth losing your eyesight. A Canadian model recently learned this lesson the hard
...
SEP 28, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A decade-long eye infection left an Australian woman blind in her left eye. According to the report, 38-year-old Claire
...
SEP 28, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
With every new medical technology, doctors are getting better at saving more patients’ lives. Medical advancements
...
SEP 27, 2017
Cancer
Mental health is inextricably linked to physical health and wellbeing. That is the sentiment in a study, which found tha
...
SEP 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Currently, if a doctor suspects a patient has cancer or other diseases, he orders a tissue biopsy to confirm whether the
...
SEP 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new study suggest that cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects in children, could be reversed
...
SEP 18, 2017
Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph
...
SEP 14, 2017
Cancer
Larry King, the famed talk show host, recently revealed his diagnosis of Stage 1 lung cancer. King then underwent surger
...
SEP 13, 2017
Cardiology
Believe it or not, a “hole in the heart” from a condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO) is mostly harmle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 10, 2017
Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A 64-year-old man recently went to the doctor for painful urination for three days. His CT scan shocked doctors, as it s
...
SEP 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The operating room is a pretty intense place, especially when there is actual brain surgery going on. A surgical team mu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 02, 2017
Cancer
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of Apple, would have been intrigued by a new app that researchers say can detect
...
AUG 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New technology may end the need for expensive surgery
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2017
Cardiology
Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 21, 2017
Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2017
Cancer
Alternative medicine options are becoming increasingly popular among patients. But results from a new study suggests tha
...
AUG 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2017
Cancer
For children with bone cancer below the knee, a revolutionary procedure removes the tumor while also allowing for better
...