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Screening is a test to detect early disease or risk factors for disease in large numbers of apparently healthy individuals. In medicine, it is checking for disease when there are no symptoms.
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FEB 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a nanoscale needle that can pierce cells precisely and on command. Scientists from Harvard’s Wyss Institut ...FEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv ...FEB 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have more than three times the odds of generalized anxiety disor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 03, 2016Immunology
There’s a downside to having your local NFL team advance to the Super Bowl: A spike in flu-related deaths. A Corne ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 01, 2016Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 27, 2016Neuroscience
Babies born in the United States are routinely screened for lead levels and have been for decades. It’s well docum ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 25, 2016Cardiology
Children with asthma, hay fever, and eczema have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and cholesterol, putting th ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 23, 2016Videos
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...JAN 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is ...JAN 21, 2016Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2016Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres ...JAN 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new diagnostic test offered earlier in pregnancy could help doctors determine if mothers-to-be are at risk of giving b ...JAN 12, 2016Videos
The pharmaceutical industry, also known as "big pharma," is often demonized for exacting huge costs on life-saving drugs ...JAN 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that ...JAN 06, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are taking a closer look at the main breakdown product of aspirin, called salicylic acid, and its potential t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 04, 2016Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 30, 2015Neuroscience
The prevalence of autism in children is at an alarming rate. The most recent research released by the CDC in March 2014 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2015Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Cannabis Sciences
Almost one-third of epilepsy patients suffer from a treatment-resistant form. Their condition is associated with severe ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 22, 2015Videos
This past Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations from homosexual men. ...DEC 21, 2015Neuroscience
Many people have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. For some a glass of warm milk does the trick, or reading a ch ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a nanoscale needle that can pierce cells precisely and on command. Scientists from Harvard’s Wyss Institut
...
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv
...
FEB 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have more than three times the odds of generalized anxiety disor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 03, 2016
Immunology
There’s a downside to having your local NFL team advance to the Super Bowl: A spike in flu-related deaths. A Corne
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 01, 2016
Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 27, 2016
Neuroscience
Babies born in the United States are routinely screened for lead levels and have been for decades. It’s well docum
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 25, 2016
Cardiology
Children with asthma, hay fever, and eczema have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and cholesterol, putting th
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 23, 2016
Videos
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...
JAN 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is
...
JAN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 20, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres
...
JAN 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new diagnostic test offered earlier in pregnancy could help doctors determine if mothers-to-be are at risk of giving b
...
JAN 12, 2016
Videos
The pharmaceutical industry, also known as "big pharma," is often demonized for exacting huge costs on life-saving drugs
...
JAN 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that
...
JAN 06, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are taking a closer look at the main breakdown product of aspirin, called salicylic acid, and its potential t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 04, 2016
Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 30, 2015
Neuroscience
The prevalence of autism in children is at an alarming rate. The most recent research released by the CDC in March 2014
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2015
Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 28, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
Almost one-third of epilepsy patients suffer from a treatment-resistant form. Their condition is associated with severe
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 22, 2015
Videos
This past Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations from homosexual men.
...
DEC 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Many people have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. For some a glass of warm milk does the trick, or reading a ch
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim