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Screening
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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JUL 13, 2015Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 06, 2015Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 01, 2015Immunology
On Tuesday June 30th, the World Health Organization (WHO) validated Cuba as the first country to eliminate HIV transmiss ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2015Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 18, 2015Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, after ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2015Technology
When you think about a computer, what do you think of? Is it the little box at your desk with a screen hooked up to it, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Obesity has long been a global epidemic with an estimated 2.8 million people dying each year from associated complicatio ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 20, 2015Cancer
Cells have a texture, and its specific qualities can provide important information about human health. UCLA's Amy Rowat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 18, 2015Technology
Remember that creepy feeling in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL observes Dave beginning a disconnection sequence and asks ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 15, 2015Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 08, 2015Technology
Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 05, 2015Plants & Animals
The happiest days are when babies come. At least that's what Melanie Wilkes said in the screen classic, Gone With the Wi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2015Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Given new advances in genetic engineering, we now have the ability to edit DNA better than ever before. As part of havin ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUL 13, 2015
Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 01, 2015
Immunology
On Tuesday June 30th, the World Health Organization (WHO) validated Cuba as the first country to eliminate HIV transmiss
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2015
Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 18, 2015
Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, after
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2015
Technology
When you think about a computer, what do you think of? Is it the little box at your desk with a screen hooked up to it,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2015
Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Obesity has long been a global epidemic with an estimated 2.8 million people dying each year from associated complicatio
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 20, 2015
Cancer
Cells have a texture, and its specific qualities can provide important information about human health. UCLA's Amy Rowat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 18, 2015
Technology
Remember that creepy feeling in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL observes Dave beginning a disconnection sequence and asks
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 08, 2015
Technology
Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
The happiest days are when babies come. At least that's what Melanie Wilkes said in the screen classic, Gone With the Wi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2015
Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Given new advances in genetic engineering, we now have the ability to edit DNA better than ever before. As part of havin
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 01, 2015
Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider