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Pain: is felt when special nerves that detect tissue damage send signals to transmit data about the damage along the spinal cord to the brain. These nerves are known as nociceptors. Pain can be chronic or acute and take a variety of forms and severities.
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MAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2017Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Dolphins and whales are some of the most majestic animals of the sea, but for whatever reason, so many seem to beach the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2017Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2017Videos
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, there are many decisions to be made about treatment. Women who elect to un ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 14, 2017Infographics
You are exercising, focusing only on what you are doing and what is coming next. All of the sudden, piercing pain hits y ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 14, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201 ...FEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
In the world of chimpanzees, you typically have your alpha male, the leader of the pack, and then you have the rest of t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Immunology
There seems to be a key genetic difference between males and females that is not related to sex chromosomes. Instead, it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 13, 2017Microbiology
As research on the microbiome expands and links are found to many types of diseases, there is still a focus on looking a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2017Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their ...FEB 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, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Society is dealing with a crisis of opiate abuse, as discussed by the former head of the FDA in the video below. Helping ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2017Videos
Chili peppers are the spice of life in many Asian cuisines - from vindaloos, to curries, to kimchi, the spicier the bett ...JAN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine going to the doctor for unexplained stomach pains and end up having a 6-feet worm pulled out of your mouth. This ...JAN 28, 2017Videos
Flu season is, once again, upon us. While the influenza vaccine significantly reduces the incidence of flu cases, some p ...JAN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For some inexplicable, unfathomable reason, Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been advising women to put jade eggs in their v ...JAN 22, 2017Cancer
About 25 percent of men may be spared invasive prostate cancer biopsies with just an MRI scan, a new study reports. Curr ...JAN 21, 2017Videos
The following video from the American Society for Microbiology is a September 2016 interview with Professor Ian Goodlfel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2017Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and jellyfish have one thing in common - they all contain venom designed to inflict pain, incapacitat ...JAN 20, 2017Videos
The human body has a vast network of blood vessels that keep our cells healthy and oxygenated. Yet, most of the time, th ...JAN 20, 2017Videos
In science, experiments are often done comparing a treated group to a control group. The treated group is the one that r ...JAN 19, 2017Videos
We know how humans experience pain and what behaviors we display to show we are in pain. But what about animals? With di ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dolphins and whales are some of the most majestic animals of the sea, but for whatever reason, so many seem to beach the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2017
Videos
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, there are many decisions to be made about treatment. Women who elect to un
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 14, 2017
Infographics
You are exercising, focusing only on what you are doing and what is coming next. All of the sudden, piercing pain hits y
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201
...
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the world of chimpanzees, you typically have your alpha male, the leader of the pack, and then you have the rest of t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Immunology
There seems to be a key genetic difference between males and females that is not related to sex chromosomes. Instead, it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 13, 2017
Microbiology
As research on the microbiome expands and links are found to many types of diseases, there is still a focus on looking a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2017
Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their
...
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
Cell & Molecular Biology
Society is dealing with a crisis of opiate abuse, as discussed by the former head of the FDA in the video below. Helping
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2017
Videos
Chili peppers are the spice of life in many Asian cuisines - from vindaloos, to curries, to kimchi, the spicier the bett
...
JAN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine going to the doctor for unexplained stomach pains and end up having a 6-feet worm pulled out of your mouth. This
...
JAN 28, 2017
Videos
Flu season is, once again, upon us. While the influenza vaccine significantly reduces the incidence of flu cases, some p
...
JAN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some inexplicable, unfathomable reason, Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been advising women to put jade eggs in their v
...
JAN 22, 2017
Cancer
About 25 percent of men may be spared invasive prostate cancer biopsies with just an MRI scan, a new study reports. Curr
...
JAN 21, 2017
Videos
The following video from the American Society for Microbiology is a September 2016 interview with Professor Ian Goodlfel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and jellyfish have one thing in common - they all contain venom designed to inflict pain, incapacitat
...
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
The human body has a vast network of blood vessels that keep our cells healthy and oxygenated. Yet, most of the time, th
...
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
In science, experiments are often done comparing a treated group to a control group. The treated group is the one that r
...
JAN 19, 2017
Videos
We know how humans experience pain and what behaviors we display to show we are in pain. But what about animals? With di
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis