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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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OCT 22, 2015Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Cancer
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PancSCs) are virtually addicted to oxygen-based metabolism, and could be “suffocated ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2015Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2015Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 27, 2015Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital has been investigating the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia. Tho ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 26, 2015Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 14, 2015Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 13, 2015Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Zion Harvey is the first child to receive a double hand transplant, and he couldn't be more thankful. This story has bee ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 30, 2015Neuroscience
Why do some people eat so much? It may be because of a hormone in the brain that controls eating for sheer pleasure, rat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2015Videos
Hip dysplasia is a condition causing injury to the hip joint, detectable by an X-Ray. This condition develops when the h ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2015Health & Medicine
For some people, the type of jeans that they wear is a part of their daily fashion statement. For others, it means causi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Exciting news in the realm of miniature robotics is about to get a lot of attention from the medical industry. No longer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2015Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when the brain stops producing the neurotransmi ...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 21, 2015Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
OCT 22, 2015
Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PancSCs) are virtually addicted to oxygen-based metabolism, and could be “suffocated
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2015
Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital has been investigating the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia. Tho
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2015
Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Zion Harvey is the first child to receive a double hand transplant, and he couldn't be more thankful. This story has bee
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some people eat so much? It may be because of a hormone in the brain that controls eating for sheer pleasure, rat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2015
Videos
Hip dysplasia is a condition causing injury to the hip joint, detectable by an X-Ray. This condition develops when the h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
For some people, the type of jeans that they wear is a part of their daily fashion statement. For others, it means causi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2015
Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Exciting news in the realm of miniature robotics is about to get a lot of attention from the medical industry. No longer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when the brain stops producing the neurotransmi
...
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 21, 2015
Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider