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Trauma
Trauma or injury is an occurrence that causes physical, enthusiastic, profound, or mental damage. It means an emotional response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event. Trauma often times has long lasting effects on one's mental health.
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MAY 09, 2017Videos
Amnesia is the classic soap opera condition where someone wakes up and doesn't remember who they are, recognize people f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 01, 2017Immunology
Corneal transplants can be especially risky for some patients, when steroids intended to suppress the immune system fail ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Large quantities of humpback whales are dying in the Atlantic region for unexplained reasons, and even the world’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 18, 2017Neuroscience
Overactive bladder, or OAB, is common in elderly women but two recent research studies show that the most commonly presc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 13, 2017Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2017Neuroscience
The sport of boxing has come under some scrutiny lately. Between the connection of head trauma to the neurodegenerative ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
In the world of chimpanzees, you typically have your alpha male, the leader of the pack, and then you have the rest of t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for ...JAN 18, 2017Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2017Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 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, 2016Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev ...NOV 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 22, 2016Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2016Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 01, 2016Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi ...OCT 26, 2016Neuroscience
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been the focus of mental health professionals and researchers for quite some t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2016Videos
Even as it's protected inside a thick skull, the brain remains a fragile organ. When we bump our heads or otherwise sust ...
MAY 09, 2017
Videos
Amnesia is the classic soap opera condition where someone wakes up and doesn't remember who they are, recognize people f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 01, 2017
Immunology
Corneal transplants can be especially risky for some patients, when steroids intended to suppress the immune system fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Large quantities of humpback whales are dying in the Atlantic region for unexplained reasons, and even the world’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Overactive bladder, or OAB, is common in elderly women but two recent research studies show that the most commonly presc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 13, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2017
Neuroscience
The sport of boxing has come under some scrutiny lately. Between the connection of head trauma to the neurodegenerative
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the world of chimpanzees, you typically have your alpha male, the leader of the pack, and then you have the rest of t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for
...
JAN 18, 2017
Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev
...
NOV 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 22, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2016
Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2016
Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi
...
OCT 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been the focus of mental health professionals and researchers for quite some t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2016
Videos
Even as it's protected inside a thick skull, the brain remains a fragile organ. When we bump our heads or otherwise sust
...