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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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JUL 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans aren’t the only species walking the Earth that are capable of mourning the deceased. Despite the fact that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2016Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While most bacteria is harmless, some have evolved into pathogens, which have various ways of causing infectious disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2016Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier this year, scientists made history when they discovered evidence of gravitational waves. Now researchers in the ...JUL 07, 2016Cardiology
Whether you let it all out or bottle it up, arguments between spouses align with specific health problems, report resear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 06, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to having pets, you typically have to keep dangerous things away from them so they won’t try to eat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2016Videos
In June of 2016, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found a surge in abortion rates amid the Zika ...JUL 01, 2016Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2016Microbiology
Nanobacteria were proposed to be, as the name suggests, nano-sized bacteria. Researchers tend to agree that cells must b ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 30, 2016Videos
Looking at size alone, insects are puny and unassuming - one step with our boot can wipe out nearly a colony of these ti ...JUN 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The abilit ...JUN 29, 2016Videos
We know playing sports is good for our bodies, but research has found that it keeps our minds healthy as well. Like all ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 25, 2016Videos
The Zika virus was first recognized in 1947 in rhesus monkeys in Uganda. Then, it was then identified in 1995 in humans. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2016Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 21, 2016Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 18, 2016Videos
Sprains and strains are incredibly common injuries in sports. Although the two terms are often used interchangeably, the ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 16, 2016Videos
Deciding when to stop cancer treatment is an agonizing decision and one every patient makes in their own way. While the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 10, 2016Health & Medicine
A study of over a million patients with atrial fibrillation as shown that females are more likely than males to be hospi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Health & Medicine
Pain is a very important biological process because it tell us that something is wrong. There are a variety of types of ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans aren’t the only species walking the Earth that are capable of mourning the deceased. Despite the fact that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While most bacteria is harmless, some have evolved into pathogens, which have various ways of causing infectious disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2016
Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier this year, scientists made history when they discovered evidence of gravitational waves. Now researchers in the
...
JUL 07, 2016
Cardiology
Whether you let it all out or bottle it up, arguments between spouses align with specific health problems, report resear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to having pets, you typically have to keep dangerous things away from them so they won’t try to eat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2016
Videos
In June of 2016, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found a surge in abortion rates amid the Zika
...
JUL 01, 2016
Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2016
Microbiology
Nanobacteria were proposed to be, as the name suggests, nano-sized bacteria. Researchers tend to agree that cells must b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 30, 2016
Videos
Looking at size alone, insects are puny and unassuming - one step with our boot can wipe out nearly a colony of these ti
...
JUN 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The abilit
...
JUN 29, 2016
Videos
We know playing sports is good for our bodies, but research has found that it keeps our minds healthy as well. Like all
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 25, 2016
Videos
The Zika virus was first recognized in 1947 in rhesus monkeys in Uganda. Then, it was then identified in 1995 in humans.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 18, 2016
Videos
Sprains and strains are incredibly common injuries in sports. Although the two terms are often used interchangeably, the
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 16, 2016
Videos
Deciding when to stop cancer treatment is an agonizing decision and one every patient makes in their own way. While the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 10, 2016
Health & Medicine
A study of over a million patients with atrial fibrillation as shown that females are more likely than males to be hospi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
Pain is a very important biological process because it tell us that something is wrong. There are a variety of types of
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker