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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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MAR 27, 2015Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Cancer
For people infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV), the likelihood of clearing the infection and avoiding HPV-rela ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Microbiology
When Tsimane men come home to their families after a day of hunting, their levels of oxytocin-the "love hormone"-go up.< ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 16, 2015Health & Medicine
Study to sequence genes of 100,000 people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities to identify genes resilient to hear ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 16, 2015Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Cancer
For people infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV), the likelihood of clearing the infection and avoiding HPV-rela
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Microbiology
When Tsimane men come home to their families after a day of hunting, their levels of oxytocin-the "love hormone"-go up.<
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
Study to sequence genes of 100,000 people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities to identify genes resilient to hear
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 16, 2015
Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider