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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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APR 20, 2016Cannabis Sciences
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Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years ...APR 12, 2016Health & Medicine
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Economic prosperity is the goal of every nation. But there’s a health cost associated with the increased developme ...APR 05, 2016Neuroscience
Exercise! Get on up, get to the gym, go to a Zumba class or just go for a walk but make sure you exercise. It’s no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in ...MAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Immunology
Green tea is touted for its many health benefits as a powerful antioxidant, but experiments in a laboratory mouse model ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 28, 2016Neuroscience
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Both men and women with no previous history of coronary heart disease present the same symptoms during their first visit ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t ...MAR 21, 2016Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2016Health & Medicine
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Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 01, 2016Cardiology
Doctors often prescribe antiarrhythmic drugs for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). While these drugs do wo ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 26, 2016Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t ...FEB 24, 2016Health & Medicine
What’s the most stressful day of the month for you? For many people, it’s the day their bills are due. Finan ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 23, 2016Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 21, 2016Videos
Digital eye strain is real, and it gets worse the more screens or screen time exposed to your eyes. But nowadays, we can ...
APR 20, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
Hardly a week goes by without some news of new research into concussion injuries. Most of the focus is on the NFL and th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 16, 2016
Videos
Humans have been decorating their bodies with tattoos and piercings since at least the Neolithic era thousands of years
...
APR 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Making it through a deeply distressing or disturbing experience is painful, complicated, and hard to do. Yet, most peopl
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U
...
APR 05, 2016
Cardiology
Most women being seen by a doctor for the first time with suspected heart disease actually experience the same classic s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 05, 2016
Cancer
Economic prosperity is the goal of every nation. But there’s a health cost associated with the increased developme
...
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Exercise! Get on up, get to the gym, go to a Zumba class or just go for a walk but make sure you exercise. It’s no
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in
...
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Immunology
Green tea is touted for its many health benefits as a powerful antioxidant, but experiments in a laboratory mouse model
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 28, 2016
Neuroscience
Anorexia nervosa is more than just a desire to lose weight and control eating. Individuals who suffer with this eating d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Both men and women with no previous history of coronary heart disease present the same symptoms during their first visit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t
...
MAR 21, 2016
Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
I write about depression and mood disorders pretty frequently on LabRoots and that is because it is an issue I am truly
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 10, 2016
Videos
Imagine you're about to do 50 squats - after not exercising for months. Your muscles aren't used to the exercise, so you
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 01, 2016
Cardiology
Doctors often prescribe antiarrhythmic drugs for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). While these drugs do wo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2016
Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t
...
FEB 24, 2016
Health & Medicine
What’s the most stressful day of the month for you? For many people, it’s the day their bills are due. Finan
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 21, 2016
Videos
Digital eye strain is real, and it gets worse the more screens or screen time exposed to your eyes. But nowadays, we can
...