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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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JAN 11, 2017Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
It turns out re-examining older data can really help shed light on diseases given new technology. Researchers from Unive ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 09, 2017Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a blow to patients who must live with the gradual deterioration it causes and to those ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 05, 2017Cardiology
People with type 2 diabetes experience a series of setbacks that put them at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common form of heart arrhythmia, and doctors treating this condition are primaril ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 03, 2017Cardiology
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack, and congestive heart failure in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2016Neuroscience
Tremors that result from neurological diseases, injury or other causes can be debilitating for patients. While some pati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2016Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2016Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2016Neuroscience
Back pain is something a lot of people experience. It’s more common than the common cold and yet it remains diffic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A UK doctor recently incorporated the latest social media platform, Snapchat, into one of his live operations. The move ...DEC 13, 2016Cardiology
As babies make the transition of depending on the mother for oxygen and depending on their own lungs during birth, an ar ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of inventive bioengineers are hoping to harness the power of electricity to plug up bleeds. The idea sounds farf ...DEC 08, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread ...NOV 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern ...NOV 28, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Getty Images Heart surgery patients’ chances of survival depends in part on the overall level of tea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There is no such thing as perfect surgery, even if the surgery is considered to be routine. Indeed, a new FDA study foun ...NOV 22, 2016Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes ...NOV 21, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is ...
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
It turns out re-examining older data can really help shed light on diseases given new technology. Researchers from Unive
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a blow to patients who must live with the gradual deterioration it causes and to those
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 05, 2017
Cardiology
People with type 2 diabetes experience a series of setbacks that put them at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common form of heart arrhythmia, and doctors treating this condition are primaril
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 03, 2017
Cardiology
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack, and congestive heart failure in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Tremors that result from neurological diseases, injury or other causes can be debilitating for patients. While some pati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2016
Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2016
Neuroscience
Back pain is something a lot of people experience. It’s more common than the common cold and yet it remains diffic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A UK doctor recently incorporated the latest social media platform, Snapchat, into one of his live operations. The move
...
DEC 13, 2016
Cardiology
As babies make the transition of depending on the mother for oxygen and depending on their own lungs during birth, an ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of inventive bioengineers are hoping to harness the power of electricity to plug up bleeds. The idea sounds farf
...
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread
...
NOV 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern
...
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Getty Images Heart surgery patients’ chances of survival depends in part on the overall level of tea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is no such thing as perfect surgery, even if the surgery is considered to be routine. Indeed, a new FDA study foun
...
NOV 22, 2016
Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes
...
NOV 21, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is
...