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Surgeries
Surgeries broadly describe procedures used to investigate or treat a medical condition, such as a disease, injury, or bodily impediment. In general, surgeries aim to improve function or appearance or repair a damaged or infected area of the body. Examples of surgeries include angioplasty, joint replacements, cesarean section, organ transplantation, hysterectomy.
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FEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2017Cancer
Women who opt to remove one or both ovaries during a hysterectomy may be doubling their risks for heart disease, cancer, ...FEB 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Kansas State University surgeons had the rare opportunity to surgically-implant a one-of-a-kind pacemaker into a ferret ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In an extreme case of misdiagnosis, 57-year-old Roger Logan from Mississippi was told that his growing stomach was just ...FEB 09, 2017Videos
Most people would associated a cancer diagnosis with a fight to survive. Many would imagine that treatments like surgery ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An exceedingly rare and disfiguring condition with no cure, known colloquially as “Tree man syndrome,” has a ...FEB 06, 2017Cancer
Surgically removing tumors is an effective way to treat cancer. However, in cases where the cancer periphery is unclear, ...FEB 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2017Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead ...FEB 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Every once in a while, you come across one of those unbelievable stories on the internet, usually involving some kind of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Neuroscience
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the United States. Patients who have it are of all ages and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 31, 2017Cardiology
New research reveals a new, menopause-specific indicator of heart disease risk—and suggests possible ways to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 26, 2017Videos
Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and a very aggressive and difficult to treat form of the disea ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 11, 2017Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor- ...JAN 11, 2017Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
It turns out re-examining older data can really help shed light on diseases given new technology. Researchers from Unive ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 09, 2017Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a blow to patients who must live with the gradual deterioration it causes and to those ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 05, 2017Cardiology
People with type 2 diabetes experience a series of setbacks that put them at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common form of heart arrhythmia, and doctors treating this condition are primaril ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 03, 2017Cardiology
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack, and congestive heart failure in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2016Neuroscience
Tremors that result from neurological diseases, injury or other causes can be debilitating for patients. While some pati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2017
Cancer
Women who opt to remove one or both ovaries during a hysterectomy may be doubling their risks for heart disease, cancer,
...
FEB 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Kansas State University surgeons had the rare opportunity to surgically-implant a one-of-a-kind pacemaker into a ferret
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In an extreme case of misdiagnosis, 57-year-old Roger Logan from Mississippi was told that his growing stomach was just
...
FEB 09, 2017
Videos
Most people would associated a cancer diagnosis with a fight to survive. Many would imagine that treatments like surgery
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An exceedingly rare and disfiguring condition with no cure, known colloquially as “Tree man syndrome,” has a
...
FEB 06, 2017
Cancer
Surgically removing tumors is an effective way to treat cancer. However, in cases where the cancer periphery is unclear,
...
FEB 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2017
Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead
...
FEB 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Every once in a while, you come across one of those unbelievable stories on the internet, usually involving some kind of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the United States. Patients who have it are of all ages and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 31, 2017
Cardiology
New research reveals a new, menopause-specific indicator of heart disease risk—and suggests possible ways to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 26, 2017
Videos
Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and a very aggressive and difficult to treat form of the disea
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor-
...
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Surgical masks were originally designed to be used during, well, surgery. They physically protect the wearer from all th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
It turns out re-examining older data can really help shed light on diseases given new technology. Researchers from Unive
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a blow to patients who must live with the gradual deterioration it causes and to those
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 05, 2017
Cardiology
People with type 2 diabetes experience a series of setbacks that put them at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common form of heart arrhythmia, and doctors treating this condition are primaril
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 03, 2017
Cardiology
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack, and congestive heart failure in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Tremors that result from neurological diseases, injury or other causes can be debilitating for patients. While some pati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim