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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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JAN 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The latest in wearable technology resembles a smart watch, except this device goes miles beyond reporting just heart rat ...JAN 11, 2017Videos
Most people have heard of nitroglycerin, either as a heart medication or an explosive. It's mind boggling that one compo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 11, 2017Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of symptoms, syndromes and disorders that are all r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 07, 2017Videos
Late-night diets don't affect just your waistline. Rather, eating late and eating the wrong foods may be why you don't g ...JAN 06, 2017Plants & Animals
An infamous killer whale named Tilikum that was exclusive to SeaWorld of Orlando, Florida and was well-known for having ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2017Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – January 5, 2017 – Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 04, 2017Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog ...DEC 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Got shoulder pain? There may be more to it than a long tennis match or just "sleeping on it wrong." A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2016Videos
Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years ...DEC 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 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 21, 2016Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers find that microtubules form differently in sensory neurons compared to other cell typesWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2016Videos
In this video from Mayo Clinic, researcher Dr. Shane Shapiro discusses his use of stem cells to treat osteoarthritis pai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Videos
Right now, your mouth is a biogenerator of a potent painkiller. As it turns out, saliva contains a chemical known as opi ...DEC 08, 2016Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call ...DEC 07, 2016Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 06, 2016Cancer
In a new case report, doctors suspect Agent Orange as the cause of a rare type of soft tissue cancer known as pleomorphi ...DEC 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
JUPITER, FL– December 1, 2016 – In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research I ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 29, 2016Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2016Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem ...NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. Now, researcher ...NOV 24, 2016Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The latest in wearable technology resembles a smart watch, except this device goes miles beyond reporting just heart rat
...
JAN 11, 2017
Videos
Most people have heard of nitroglycerin, either as a heart medication or an explosive. It's mind boggling that one compo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of symptoms, syndromes and disorders that are all r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 07, 2017
Videos
Late-night diets don't affect just your waistline. Rather, eating late and eating the wrong foods may be why you don't g
...
JAN 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
An infamous killer whale named Tilikum that was exclusive to SeaWorld of Orlando, Florida and was well-known for having
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – January 5, 2017 – Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 04, 2017
Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog
...
DEC 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Got shoulder pain? There may be more to it than a long tennis match or just "sleeping on it wrong." A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Videos
Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years
...
DEC 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 21, 2016
Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers find that microtubules form differently in sensory neurons compared to other cell types
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2016
Videos
In this video from Mayo Clinic, researcher Dr. Shane Shapiro discusses his use of stem cells to treat osteoarthritis pai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Videos
Right now, your mouth is a biogenerator of a potent painkiller. As it turns out, saliva contains a chemical known as opi
...
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call
...
DEC 07, 2016
Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 06, 2016
Cancer
In a new case report, doctors suspect Agent Orange as the cause of a rare type of soft tissue cancer known as pleomorphi
...
DEC 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
JUPITER, FL– December 1, 2016 – In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research I
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem
...
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. Now, researcher
...
NOV 24, 2016
Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim