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Population Health
Population Health refers to the health status and health outcomes within a group of individuals. It includes aspects of both diagnosis and treatment, similar to clinical practice.
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JAN 04, 2017Technology
Adults over 80 who use technology, like cellphones and computers, to stay connected report higher levels of both me ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 04, 2017Neuroscience
Yet another benefit to exercise, and this time it’s long distance running. A new study from the University of Ariz ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 27, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2016Cardiology
Current methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk in individuals with HIV, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2016Cancer
A mutation that confers resistance to malaria is now linked to cancer metastasis. This finding illustrates evolutionary ...DEC 22, 2016Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 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 20, 2016Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Evolutionarily speaking, successful species are those that can procreate and pass their genetics to future generations. ...DEC 14, 2016Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2016Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2016Cardiology
In a new study on the health of football players, scientists aren’t looking at brain injuries like many concerned ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2016Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Some frogs can change their gender on demand, but perhaps they’re not having much say in the matter. An ong ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f ...NOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 30, 2016Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern ...
JAN 04, 2017
Technology
Adults over 80 who use technology, like cellphones and computers, to stay connected report higher levels of both me
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 04, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet another benefit to exercise, and this time it’s long distance running. A new study from the University of Ariz
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 27, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2016
Cardiology
Current methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk in individuals with HIV, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2016
Cancer
A mutation that confers resistance to malaria is now linked to cancer metastasis. This finding illustrates evolutionary
...
DEC 22, 2016
Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 20, 2016
Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Evolutionarily speaking, successful species are those that can procreate and pass their genetics to future generations.
...
DEC 14, 2016
Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2016
Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2016
Cardiology
In a new study on the health of football players, scientists aren’t looking at brain injuries like many concerned
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Some frogs can change their gender on demand, but perhaps they’re not having much say in the matter. An ong
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f
...
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern
...