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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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FEB 19, 2016Videos
Researchers at Washington State University may have found an affordable and accessible treatment for rheumatoid arthriti ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Take twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. Take with food. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Take one or ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 14, 2016Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Ants like to nest anywhere they possibly can to protect themselves from the elements. Whether that’s deep undergro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a chain of reactions within nerve cells that signal pain related to inflammation. Developing drug ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 07, 2016Videos
The pace of technology, medicine, and science advancement is faster now than ever before. We've innovated vaccines that ...FEB 06, 2016Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 05, 2016Videos
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? Symptoms include conjunctivitis, fever, joint pain, and rash. The illness is usually mild and las ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 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 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have more than three times the odds of generalized anxiety disor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2016Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 27, 2016Neuroscience
Babies born in the United States are routinely screened for lead levels and have been for decades. It’s well docum ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 25, 2016Plants & Animals
A 38-year-old man in Shiyan, China had been suffering issues with pain in his stomach, nausea, and an iron deficiency, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2016Videos
The ability to feel pain, while annoying most of the time, is actually a powerful evolutionary adaptation that's helps u ...JAN 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Many cells have microscopic gates, called ion channels, which open to allow the flow of ions across the cell membrane. T ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi ...JAN 12, 2016Microbiology
Melioidosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection, and it’s more widespread than many thought. Melioidosis i ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 31, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia ...DEC 31, 2015Videos
New Year's Eve is finally here. And for many people, celebrations will include staying up late, mingling, and, of course ...DEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...DEC 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Many of us dread going to the dentist, fearing we might have to endure the painful drilling and filling that comes with ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe ...
FEB 19, 2016
Videos
Researchers at Washington State University may have found an affordable and accessible treatment for rheumatoid arthriti
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Take twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. Take with food. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Take one or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Ants like to nest anywhere they possibly can to protect themselves from the elements. Whether that’s deep undergro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a chain of reactions within nerve cells that signal pain related to inflammation. Developing drug
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 07, 2016
Videos
The pace of technology, medicine, and science advancement is faster now than ever before. We've innovated vaccines that
...
FEB 06, 2016
Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 05, 2016
Videos
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? Symptoms include conjunctivitis, fever, joint pain, and rash. The illness is usually mild and las
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
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 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have more than three times the odds of generalized anxiety disor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2016
Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 27, 2016
Neuroscience
Babies born in the United States are routinely screened for lead levels and have been for decades. It’s well docum
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 38-year-old man in Shiyan, China had been suffering issues with pain in his stomach, nausea, and an iron deficiency, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2016
Videos
The ability to feel pain, while annoying most of the time, is actually a powerful evolutionary adaptation that's helps u
...
JAN 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many cells have microscopic gates, called ion channels, which open to allow the flow of ions across the cell membrane. T
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi
...
JAN 12, 2016
Microbiology
Melioidosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection, and it’s more widespread than many thought. Melioidosis i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 31, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia
...
DEC 31, 2015
Videos
New Year's Eve is finally here. And for many people, celebrations will include staying up late, mingling, and, of course
...
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
DEC 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Many of us dread going to the dentist, fearing we might have to endure the painful drilling and filling that comes with
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe
...