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Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine actively focuses on the prevention and addressing underlying mechanisms rather than direct disease treatment. Modern research and medicine provides deeper insights into disease mechanisms, opens diagnostic windows for viewing health and disease for the individual and generates metrics for assessing wellness.
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FEB 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's impacts millions of people around the world; globally, it is thought to cost $605 billion a year, and there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2020Immunology
The immune system detects the presence of invading microbes that it recognizes from previous infections, and initiates a ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 10, 2020Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 09, 2020Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A surge in infections has caused panic surrounding the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak to reach a fever pitch. Despite ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 04, 2020Health & Medicine
Today—World Cancer Day—the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a draft of a global strategy to elimina ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 31, 2020Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2020Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2020Cardiology
The common controversy over whether eating eggs is bad for heart health may finally have been dissolved thanks to new fi ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 28, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ( ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned that when sperm cells mature, they activate many of their genes, which enables a repair process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 22, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 21, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve seen teenage binge drinking widely represented in popular culture. There is, however, a dark side to what ma ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2020Neuroscience
Ophthalmology – Amblyopia: By Christine Law M.D. Researchers in the Bear Lab at the Massachusetts Institute ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJAN 17, 2020Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 16, 2020Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding, ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 13, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, where the stem cells that produce blood ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou ...Written By: Annie Lennon
FEB 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's impacts millions of people around the world; globally, it is thought to cost $605 billion a year, and there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2020
Immunology
The immune system detects the presence of invading microbes that it recognizes from previous infections, and initiates a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 10, 2020
Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 09, 2020
Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A surge in infections has caused panic surrounding the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak to reach a fever pitch. Despite
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
Today—World Cancer Day—the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a draft of a global strategy to elimina
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 31, 2020
Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2020
Microbiology
This research also suggests that antibiotics do not increase the rate at which bacteria acquire drug resistance genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2020
Cardiology
The common controversy over whether eating eggs is bad for heart health may finally have been dissolved thanks to new fi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 28, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned that when sperm cells mature, they activate many of their genes, which enables a repair process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 22, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 21, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve seen teenage binge drinking widely represented in popular culture. There is, however, a dark side to what ma
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2020
Neuroscience
Ophthalmology – Amblyopia: By Christine Law M.D. Researchers in the Bear Lab at the Massachusetts Institute
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JAN 17, 2020
Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding,
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 13, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, where the stem cells that produce blood
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon