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Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory Medicine: Otherwise known as pulmonary medicine, is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions, including: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplants, occupational lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, sarcoidosis of the lungs, and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
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JAN 13, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A medical device used to survey lung sounds to monitor for signs of respiratory distress has received FDA clearance. RES ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 11, 2021Immunology
Macrophages are a type of immune cell that can detect and destruct bacteria, viruses, and harmful materials. They a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 07, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, taking nearly 18 million lives every year. Of these card ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 06, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A study of over 2,500 European patients has revealed that 85.9 percent of those with mild COVID-19 symptoms lost their s ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 05, 2021Immunology
COVID symptoms. “As it is often the case for pathogenic infections, the host immune system is a key player in vira ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 03, 2021Microbiology
The flu season would have typically been well underway by mid-December in a normal year. But this year, there are few ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2021Cardiology
Scientists have been trying to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects brain cells directly, or if the virus severely ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Immunology
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new antibody-based weapons in the fight against COVID-19 ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 24, 2020Microbiology
The UK recently reported that it had detected a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, which causes COVID-19. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2020Immunology
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan has found that high levels of cadmium — a heavy metal found i ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
E-cigarettes or vapes were introduced a few years ago, and researchers are still trying to learn more about how they aff ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2020Immunology
Many of the life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19 have been pinned on “cytokine storms” — immune syste ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 24, 2020Immunology
Microbiologists have established that the development of infants’ immune systems is intricately linked to the dive ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 18, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified a new prognostic biomarker for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disor ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance to put the “mask debate&rdquo ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 08, 2020Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2020Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Microbiology
Since the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged on the scene late last year, it's left a trail of devastation around the glo ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A medical device used to survey lung sounds to monitor for signs of respiratory distress has received FDA clearance. RES
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 11, 2021
Immunology
Macrophages are a type of immune cell that can detect and destruct bacteria, viruses, and harmful materials. They a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 07, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, taking nearly 18 million lives every year. Of these card
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 06, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A study of over 2,500 European patients has revealed that 85.9 percent of those with mild COVID-19 symptoms lost their s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 05, 2021
Immunology
COVID symptoms. “As it is often the case for pathogenic infections, the host immune system is a key player in vira
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 03, 2021
Microbiology
The flu season would have typically been well underway by mid-December in a normal year. But this year, there are few ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2021
Cardiology
Scientists have been trying to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects brain cells directly, or if the virus severely
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Immunology
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new antibody-based weapons in the fight against COVID-19
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 24, 2020
Microbiology
The UK recently reported that it had detected a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, which causes COVID-19. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2020
Immunology
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan has found that high levels of cadmium — a heavy metal found i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
E-cigarettes or vapes were introduced a few years ago, and researchers are still trying to learn more about how they aff
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2020
Immunology
Many of the life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19 have been pinned on “cytokine storms” — immune syste
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 24, 2020
Immunology
Microbiologists have established that the development of infants’ immune systems is intricately linked to the dive
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 18, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified a new prognostic biomarker for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disor
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance to put the “mask debate&rdquo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 08, 2020
Microbiology
There is a cold and flu season, and many researchers have tried to explain why the viruses that cause these illnesses te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Microbiology
Since the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged on the scene late last year, it's left a trail of devastation around the glo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch