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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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MAR 09, 2016Videos
Think back to the first time you drove a car, or your 21st birthday, or the birth of your children. You can recall these ...MAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h ...MAR 07, 2016Cancer
Once you’ve made it through lung cancer treatment, you want to make sure you catch it early if it comes back again ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 02, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center say they “have taken a frequently used and necessary imaging test and ma ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 02, 2016Neuroscience
“Beam me up, Scotty!” That’s something we are more used to hearing on Star Trek as opposed to in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 29, 2016Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving swiftly after announcing the start of the clinical trial in November of 2015, the Cleveland Clinic has recently p ...FEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...FEB 23, 2016Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 22, 2016Cancer
Active surveillance could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for some women with ductal carcinoma in situ, ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 20, 2016Videos
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors ...FEB 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate ...FEB 16, 2016Cardiology
Cardiogenic shock, however rare, can occur after a heart attack, exacerbating the effect of inadequate circulation on ti ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2016Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the University of Liverpool recently unveiled an electronic “smell” test for prostate cancer d ...FEB 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo ...FEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...FEB 10, 2016Immunology
C-sections come with a significant risk for infection, but a new study shows changing skin-prep procedures could lower t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 07, 2016Technology
Exoskeletons are very cool pieces of technology and are extraordinary because they can either give a regular human being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Whenever retired Maj. David Underwood drove under power lines and around other electromagnetic fields, he would feel a p ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from ...FEB 01, 2016Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Videos
Think back to the first time you drove a car, or your 21st birthday, or the birth of your children. You can recall these
...
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h
...
MAR 07, 2016
Cancer
Once you’ve made it through lung cancer treatment, you want to make sure you catch it early if it comes back again
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center say they “have taken a frequently used and necessary imaging test and ma
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 02, 2016
Neuroscience
“Beam me up, Scotty!” That’s something we are more used to hearing on Star Trek as opposed to in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 29, 2016
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving swiftly after announcing the start of the clinical trial in November of 2015, the Cleveland Clinic has recently p
...
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 22, 2016
Cancer
Active surveillance could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for some women with ductal carcinoma in situ,
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 20, 2016
Videos
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors
...
FEB 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate
...
FEB 16, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiogenic shock, however rare, can occur after a heart attack, exacerbating the effect of inadequate circulation on ti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the University of Liverpool recently unveiled an electronic “smell” test for prostate cancer d
...
FEB 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo
...
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...
FEB 10, 2016
Immunology
C-sections come with a significant risk for infection, but a new study shows changing skin-prep procedures could lower t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 07, 2016
Technology
Exoskeletons are very cool pieces of technology and are extraordinary because they can either give a regular human being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Whenever retired Maj. David Underwood drove under power lines and around other electromagnetic fields, he would feel a p
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from
...
FEB 01, 2016
Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)