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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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MAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 23, 2018Immunology
The latest discovery from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania examined the mechanisms behi ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 22, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Severe asthma is a subtype of asthma where treatments usually do not have any effect on the individual. https://www.yout ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 22, 2018Neuroscience
Spring is entirely upon us, and that means some can suffer from allergies. A runny nose is a common symptom, and one Neb ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Treating the common cold has never been simple and finding effective options has baffled scientists for centuries. The c ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease. It is common and affects more than 300 million people worldwide and over 40 mil ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 23, 2018Microbiology
After a serious illness or surgery, some people then have to face complications in the form of body or brain dysfunction ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Sepsis happens when the response to an infection gets out of control; body-wide inflammation occurs, which can be fatal.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2018Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 30, 2018Health & Medicine
Achooo! Are you sneezing a lot this season? If so, you are not alone. Spring allergies have sprung in some parts of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Mesothelioma is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer that occurs in the outer linings of the internal organs, particu ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 23, 2018Health & Medicine
Having a tonsillectomy was once a pretty common milestone for children. Doctors would perform the surgery on children wh ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A pharmaceutical company, Shinogi, in Japan has developed an experimental drug that may kill the flu virus in as little ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 28, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
In the event of a medical emergency in the middle of an airplane flight, a physician or other medical professional on bo ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 13, 2018Immunology
As if bed bugs weren’t irritating enough, researchers have now associated the pests with dangerously high levels o ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2018Microbiology
Researchers wanted to know more about how social contact impacts the spread of epidemics, and studied the outbreak of SA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2018Microbiology
Some people that vape instead of smoking cigarettes might think that their habit is not detrimental to their health, but ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2018Microbiology
As babies crawl around on floors, the action kicks up a lot of stuff. Skin cells, dirt, bacteria, pollen and fungal spor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in over 40 different genes have been connected to primary ciliary dyskinesia, which affects around one in 15,0 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2018Health & Medicine
According to a 2013 study on patient safety, approximated 400,000 people die prematurely in hospitals each year. Prematu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 18, 2018Health & Medicine
The opioid addiction epidemic is a serious health concern in the United States. Deaths from drug overdoses reached a hig ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2017Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 28, 2017Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 23, 2018
Immunology
The latest discovery from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania examined the mechanisms behi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 22, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Severe asthma is a subtype of asthma where treatments usually do not have any effect on the individual. https://www.yout
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 22, 2018
Neuroscience
Spring is entirely upon us, and that means some can suffer from allergies. A runny nose is a common symptom, and one Neb
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Treating the common cold has never been simple and finding effective options has baffled scientists for centuries. The c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease. It is common and affects more than 300 million people worldwide and over 40 mil
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 23, 2018
Microbiology
After a serious illness or surgery, some people then have to face complications in the form of body or brain dysfunction
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sepsis happens when the response to an infection gets out of control; body-wide inflammation occurs, which can be fatal.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2018
Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2018
Health & Medicine
Achooo! Are you sneezing a lot this season? If so, you are not alone. Spring allergies have sprung in some parts of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Mesothelioma is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer that occurs in the outer linings of the internal organs, particu
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2018
Health & Medicine
Having a tonsillectomy was once a pretty common milestone for children. Doctors would perform the surgery on children wh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A pharmaceutical company, Shinogi, in Japan has developed an experimental drug that may kill the flu virus in as little
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 28, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the event of a medical emergency in the middle of an airplane flight, a physician or other medical professional on bo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 13, 2018
Immunology
As if bed bugs weren’t irritating enough, researchers have now associated the pests with dangerously high levels o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers wanted to know more about how social contact impacts the spread of epidemics, and studied the outbreak of SA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2018
Microbiology
Some people that vape instead of smoking cigarettes might think that their habit is not detrimental to their health, but
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2018
Microbiology
As babies crawl around on floors, the action kicks up a lot of stuff. Skin cells, dirt, bacteria, pollen and fungal spor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in over 40 different genes have been connected to primary ciliary dyskinesia, which affects around one in 15,0
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2018
Health & Medicine
According to a 2013 study on patient safety, approximated 400,000 people die prematurely in hospitals each year. Prematu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 18, 2018
Health & Medicine
The opioid addiction epidemic is a serious health concern in the United States. Deaths from drug overdoses reached a hig
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2017
Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim