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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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FEB 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo ...FEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...FEB 10, 2016Immunology
C-sections come with a significant risk for infection, but a new study shows changing skin-prep procedures could lower t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 07, 2016Technology
Exoskeletons are very cool pieces of technology and are extraordinary because they can either give a regular human being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Whenever retired Maj. David Underwood drove under power lines and around other electromagnetic fields, he would feel a p ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 01, 2016Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2016Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time, ...JAN 19, 2016Videos
Many raise an eyebrow to surgeon Sergio Canavero's claims that he has the potential to perform a human head transplant a ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 18, 2015Health & Medicine
An emergency room resident was suffering from depression. She hadn’t spoken to many people about it, but it finall ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...DEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 24, 2015Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Health & Medicine
Obese women have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, hypertension, and postpartum wei ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem ...SEP 16, 2015Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2015Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 13, 2015Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo
...
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...
FEB 10, 2016
Immunology
C-sections come with a significant risk for infection, but a new study shows changing skin-prep procedures could lower t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 07, 2016
Technology
Exoskeletons are very cool pieces of technology and are extraordinary because they can either give a regular human being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Whenever retired Maj. David Underwood drove under power lines and around other electromagnetic fields, he would feel a p
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 01, 2016
Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2016
Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time,
...
JAN 19, 2016
Videos
Many raise an eyebrow to surgeon Sergio Canavero's claims that he has the potential to perform a human head transplant a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2015
Health & Medicine
An emergency room resident was suffering from depression. She hadn’t spoken to many people about it, but it finall
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 24, 2015
Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Obese women have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, hypertension, and postpartum wei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization estimates about 20 million people worldwide are afflicted with cataracts, a visual problem
...
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2015
Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider