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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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SEP 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There is an Italian neuroscientist and surgeon who thinks head transplants are not only possible, but within reach by 20 ...SEP 20, 2016Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br ...SEP 18, 2016Cancer
For men with early stage prostate cancer, opting for active surveillance may result in the same survival benefits as inv ...SEP 06, 2016Neuroscience
There is ample evidence in neurological research about the benefits of music. It’s been shown that music can help ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 02, 2016Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 25, 2016Videos
Worldwide, rates of thyroid cancer have gone way up. Is there an epidemic of this kind of cancer though? Statistics from ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 24, 2016Cancer
The old adage goes: “Expect the best, prepare for the worst.” But when it comes to cancer, perhaps people sh ...AUG 24, 2016Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Neuroscience
How the brain processes written language and is able to cognitively decode words into complex concepts is an area of neu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Back in December, I wrote an article titled "Being 'Lean and Unfit' is Better Than Being 'Fat and Fit&r ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 17, 2016Cardiology
As a parent in the United States, if you suspect your child might have strep throat, you might be slightly concerned tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2016Cardiology
Many people who have a heart attack will have to undergo either a coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass graft ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2016Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 05, 2016Videos
While a diagnosis of breast cancer is devastating no matter what, it's important to know that advances in the treatment ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 04, 2016Neuroscience
General anesthesia carries many risks with it, as does any surgical procedure. The effect that anesthesia medication has ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2016Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 31, 2016Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically ...JUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 21, 2016Cancer
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Of the 22,000 new e ...
SEP 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is an Italian neuroscientist and surgeon who thinks head transplants are not only possible, but within reach by 20
...
SEP 20, 2016
Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br
...
SEP 18, 2016
Cancer
For men with early stage prostate cancer, opting for active surveillance may result in the same survival benefits as inv
...
SEP 06, 2016
Neuroscience
There is ample evidence in neurological research about the benefits of music. It’s been shown that music can help
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 02, 2016
Microbiology
Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the microbiome associated with the loss of good microbes that promote health, and an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 25, 2016
Videos
Worldwide, rates of thyroid cancer have gone way up. Is there an epidemic of this kind of cancer though? Statistics from
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 24, 2016
Cancer
The old adage goes: “Expect the best, prepare for the worst.” But when it comes to cancer, perhaps people sh
...
AUG 24, 2016
Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Neuroscience
How the brain processes written language and is able to cognitively decode words into complex concepts is an area of neu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Back in December, I wrote an article titled "Being 'Lean and Unfit' is Better Than Being 'Fat and Fit&r
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 17, 2016
Cardiology
As a parent in the United States, if you suspect your child might have strep throat, you might be slightly concerned tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2016
Cardiology
Many people who have a heart attack will have to undergo either a coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass graft
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2016
Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 05, 2016
Videos
While a diagnosis of breast cancer is devastating no matter what, it's important to know that advances in the treatment
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 04, 2016
Neuroscience
General anesthesia carries many risks with it, as does any surgical procedure. The effect that anesthesia medication has
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
A breast microbiome? Wait, really? Evidently, it’s a real thing. Evidently, I’m also late to the party - ini
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically
...
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 21, 2016
Cancer
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Of the 22,000 new e
...