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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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DEC 26, 2016Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2016Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2016Neuroscience
Back pain is something a lot of people experience. It’s more common than the common cold and yet it remains diffic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A UK doctor recently incorporated the latest social media platform, Snapchat, into one of his live operations. The move ...DEC 13, 2016Cardiology
As babies make the transition of depending on the mother for oxygen and depending on their own lungs during birth, an ar ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of inventive bioengineers are hoping to harness the power of electricity to plug up bleeds. The idea sounds farf ...DEC 08, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread ...DEC 02, 2016Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern ...NOV 28, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Getty Images Heart surgery patients’ chances of survival depends in part on the overall level of tea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There is no such thing as perfect surgery, even if the surgery is considered to be routine. Indeed, a new FDA study foun ...NOV 23, 2016Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2016Videos
We all have bone marrow, a substance that can be found at the core of our living bones. Inside bone marrow, we can find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2016Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes ...NOV 21, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is ...NOV 16, 2016Neuroscience
All of science involves research but finding just the right information can be a daunting task when it means having to c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2016Cardiology
Cardiac rehabilitation following heart surgery is reasonably linked with a reduced risk of death, but this connection is ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As surgeons perform delicate operations to remove tumors, they may soon be aided by a new technology that uses sound to ...NOV 10, 2016Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 06, 2016Videos
In this Tedx event from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Professor Ron Heereen of the The Maastricht MultiModal ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2016
Cardiology
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons released a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of atrial fibrilla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2016
Neuroscience
Back pain is something a lot of people experience. It’s more common than the common cold and yet it remains diffic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A UK doctor recently incorporated the latest social media platform, Snapchat, into one of his live operations. The move
...
DEC 13, 2016
Cardiology
As babies make the transition of depending on the mother for oxygen and depending on their own lungs during birth, an ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of inventive bioengineers are hoping to harness the power of electricity to plug up bleeds. The idea sounds farf
...
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread
...
DEC 02, 2016
Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern
...
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Getty Images Heart surgery patients’ chances of survival depends in part on the overall level of tea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is no such thing as perfect surgery, even if the surgery is considered to be routine. Indeed, a new FDA study foun
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2016
Videos
We all have bone marrow, a substance that can be found at the core of our living bones. Inside bone marrow, we can find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2016
Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes
...
NOV 21, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is
...
NOV 16, 2016
Neuroscience
All of science involves research but finding just the right information can be a daunting task when it means having to c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiac rehabilitation following heart surgery is reasonably linked with a reduced risk of death, but this connection is
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As surgeons perform delicate operations to remove tumors, they may soon be aided by a new technology that uses sound to
...
NOV 10, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 06, 2016
Videos
In this Tedx event from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Professor Ron Heereen of the The Maastricht MultiModal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch