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Travel Medicine
Travel Medicine: a branch of medicine that specializes in diseases and conditions that are acquired during travel. Travelers to different countries should be aware of the potential for acquiring diseases and injury which are not common in their own country. Immunizations, preventative medications, and general precautions should be considered prior to trips to different parts of the world.
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SEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According ...AUG 31, 2017Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the ...AUG 30, 2017Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 17, 2017Cardiology
NASA’s exploration into the effects of solar storms and supernovas on astronauts in space gives new meaning to the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 26, 2017Neuroscience
Speaking a second language can be an asset for anyone. It looks good on a resume, it allows a person to travel to where ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2017Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have gotten a close look at a process that is fundamental to life on earth - DNA replication - and were supri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2017Videos
While many infectious diseases have been eliminated or are perceived as being under control, we should not ignore new th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 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 KimAPR 12, 2017Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists like to get creative; they have now taken technology for studying climate change and utilized it to predict h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we ...MAR 31, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a fish so small and colorful that you would think it was harmless; on the other hand, it seems as though it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A special microscopy technique enabled scientists to see inside of live mouse lungs; it revealed a role for lungs in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Immunology
At the end of the eighteenth century, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed nearly ten percent of the ci ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 22, 2017Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2017Videos
Deep in the jungles of the Amazon, natives brew a tea out of the ayahuasca vine and other plants. Far from a typical tea ...FEB 06, 2017Immunology
The recent discovery of not just one, but multiple genes that fail to protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from infla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 31, 2017Cardiology
In the United States, heart disease is dangerously common and very expensive. Many people with heart disease and at a hi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2017Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or ...
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According
...
AUG 31, 2017
Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the
...
AUG 30, 2017
Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2017
Cardiology
NASA’s exploration into the effects of solar storms and supernovas on astronauts in space gives new meaning to the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Speaking a second language can be an asset for anyone. It looks good on a resume, it allows a person to travel to where
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2017
Microbiology
Doctors and researchers have been sounding the alarm about drug-resistant gonorrhea, and it is spreading around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have gotten a close look at a process that is fundamental to life on earth - DNA replication - and were supri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2017
Videos
While many infectious diseases have been eliminated or are perceived as being under control, we should not ignore new th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
APR 12, 2017
Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists like to get creative; they have now taken technology for studying climate change and utilized it to predict h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we
...
MAR 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a fish so small and colorful that you would think it was harmless; on the other hand, it seems as though it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A special microscopy technique enabled scientists to see inside of live mouse lungs; it revealed a role for lungs in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Immunology
At the end of the eighteenth century, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed nearly ten percent of the ci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 22, 2017
Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2017
Videos
Deep in the jungles of the Amazon, natives brew a tea out of the ayahuasca vine and other plants. Far from a typical tea
...
FEB 06, 2017
Immunology
The recent discovery of not just one, but multiple genes that fail to protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from infla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2017
Cardiology
In the United States, heart disease is dangerously common and very expensive. Many people with heart disease and at a hi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2017
Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or
...