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Surgery
Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or injury. Surgery can involve cutting, abrading, suturing, or otherwise physically changing body tissues and organs. It uses uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
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JUL 18, 2018Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 18, 2018Neuroscience
While most think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the stuff of sci-fi movies and futuristic novels, it actually has ma ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2018Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 17, 2018Neuroscience
Any time a patient is diagnosed with a brain tumor, it can be overwhelming for them, their families and caregivers. Brai ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 11, 2018Immunology
Unlike humans, seals remain uninjured despite repeated deep dives to hunt. Scientists have shown that serum from seals b ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 10, 2018Videos
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition that is usually present at birth. It’s common in children born pre ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 02, 2018Cardiology
Treating atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of arrhythmia, with what was previously a last-resort therapeuti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
An unlimited supply of materials for transplants like bone grafts would be a game-changer.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2018Health & Medicine
Headphones have become so common, most people don't even notice them. Walking, jogging, riding on public transportat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 28, 2018Cardiology
Canadian doctors are promoting the idea of “prehabilitation” for elderly heart disease patients awaiting hea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2018Health & Medicine
In hospital settings, many medications have to be administered intravenously (IV) because of patient needs. A recent stu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2018Cardiology
Scientists are working on the world’s first micropacemaker system designed to be implanted in the pericardial sac ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 25, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Bariatric surgery, where the stomach is reduced or partially bypassed has come into favor in the last ten years due to b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 19, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new way to diagnose arthritis and watch its progression slowly over time to determine the best route of treat ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 18, 2018Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Cancer
In a new multicenter clinical trial, a personalized vaccine improved the survival rates of some people with the deadly b ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 08, 2018Microbiology
The S. aureus pathogen doesn't only invade bone, it uses it as a snack.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2018Microbiology
Microbes might be useful in the treatment of mental disorders like anxiety, depression and PTSD.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2018Neuroscience
When you think of brain surgery, in addition to being incredibly intricate and delicate, scalpels and clamps and an OR c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2018Health & Medicine
We are living in some fantastic times, with technology, medical advances and better treatments for many illnesses. Nowhe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth is known as embolization. Embolizatio ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 05, 2018Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2018
Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 18, 2018
Neuroscience
While most think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the stuff of sci-fi movies and futuristic novels, it actually has ma
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Neuroscience
Any time a patient is diagnosed with a brain tumor, it can be overwhelming for them, their families and caregivers. Brai
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2018
Immunology
Unlike humans, seals remain uninjured despite repeated deep dives to hunt. Scientists have shown that serum from seals b
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 10, 2018
Videos
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition that is usually present at birth. It’s common in children born pre
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 02, 2018
Cardiology
Treating atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of arrhythmia, with what was previously a last-resort therapeuti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An unlimited supply of materials for transplants like bone grafts would be a game-changer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2018
Health & Medicine
Headphones have become so common, most people don't even notice them. Walking, jogging, riding on public transportat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 28, 2018
Cardiology
Canadian doctors are promoting the idea of “prehabilitation” for elderly heart disease patients awaiting hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2018
Health & Medicine
In hospital settings, many medications have to be administered intravenously (IV) because of patient needs. A recent stu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists are working on the world’s first micropacemaker system designed to be implanted in the pericardial sac
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 25, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Bariatric surgery, where the stomach is reduced or partially bypassed has come into favor in the last ten years due to b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 19, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new way to diagnose arthritis and watch its progression slowly over time to determine the best route of treat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2018
Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Cancer
In a new multicenter clinical trial, a personalized vaccine improved the survival rates of some people with the deadly b
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 08, 2018
Microbiology
The S. aureus pathogen doesn't only invade bone, it uses it as a snack.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2018
Microbiology
Microbes might be useful in the treatment of mental disorders like anxiety, depression and PTSD.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2018
Neuroscience
When you think of brain surgery, in addition to being incredibly intricate and delicate, scalpels and clamps and an OR c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2018
Health & Medicine
We are living in some fantastic times, with technology, medical advances and better treatments for many illnesses. Nowhe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth is known as embolization. Embolizatio
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch