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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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DEC 28, 2017Neuroscience
In the fall of 2017, wildfires raged in Northern California. Dubbed the Northern California firestorm, it included a tot ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2017Cardiology
Stopping a smoking habit is vitally important for heart health, as smoking is a well-known risk factor for heart disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 20, 2017Immunology
A new treatment option for heroin and other opioid misuse diminishes the effects of the drugs, providing a new potential ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study that claims the “man-flu” is real, is undoubtedly making some men feel vindicated while drawing ...NOV 27, 2017Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 25, 2017Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 14, 2017Cancer
Larry King, the famed talk show host, recently revealed his diagnosis of Stage 1 lung cancer. King then underwent surger ...SEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Still think e-cigarettes are harmless? Think again. The latest research into e-cigarettes say the nicotine in these smok ...SEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...SEP 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2017Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2017Microbiology
Dietary supplements are popular in the United States, but the FDA has a warning about one manufacturer.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 24, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
On June 23, officials reported the death of a 10-year old boy in Miami. The cause of death? Overdose on fentanyl via sus ...JUL 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea ...JUL 09, 2017Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Placenta eating has become a popular some new moms. But a recent case of bacterial infection in placenta pills has the C ...JUN 29, 2017Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2017Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy ...MAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in over 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of a dise ...
DEC 28, 2017
Neuroscience
In the fall of 2017, wildfires raged in Northern California. Dubbed the Northern California firestorm, it included a tot
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2017
Cardiology
Stopping a smoking habit is vitally important for heart health, as smoking is a well-known risk factor for heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 20, 2017
Immunology
A new treatment option for heroin and other opioid misuse diminishes the effects of the drugs, providing a new potential
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study that claims the “man-flu” is real, is undoubtedly making some men feel vindicated while drawing
...
NOV 27, 2017
Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 25, 2017
Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 14, 2017
Cancer
Larry King, the famed talk show host, recently revealed his diagnosis of Stage 1 lung cancer. King then underwent surger
...
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Still think e-cigarettes are harmless? Think again. The latest research into e-cigarettes say the nicotine in these smok
...
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
SEP 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2017
Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2017
Microbiology
Dietary supplements are popular in the United States, but the FDA has a warning about one manufacturer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
On June 23, officials reported the death of a 10-year old boy in Miami. The cause of death? Overdose on fentanyl via sus
...
JUL 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea
...
JUL 09, 2017
Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Placenta eating has become a popular some new moms. But a recent case of bacterial infection in placenta pills has the C
...
JUN 29, 2017
Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2017
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy
...
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in over 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of a dise
...