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Vessels
In the body, blood vessels transport blood throughout the body to deliver oxygen to organs and tissues. Blood vessels are also used to remove waste from the body. There are three main types of blood vessels: veins, arteries, and capillaries.
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APR 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
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APR 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology continues to amaze and astound the medical field as researchers find more way
...
MAR 31, 2016
Cancer
This year, doctors will diagnose over 240,000 new cases of breast cancer in women. Mammograms have been the standard fir
...
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers claim to have pinpointed the neural stem cells that Zika seems to be targeting. The Zika virus outbrea
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the introduction of HIV antivirals, doctors are more equipped to prevent the transition of HIV infection to AI
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r
...
MAR 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead
...
MAR 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 25, 2016
Videos
Undergoing cancer treatment is difficult enough without the stress of hair loss as well. While newer chemotherapy drugs
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse
...
MAR 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t
...
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment
...
MAR 21, 2016
Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 21, 2016
Neuroscience
The most common kind of stroke, an ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot which blocks the flow of oxygenated blood
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2016
Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2016
Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst
...
MAR 17, 2016
Neuroscience
Beauty parlor stroke syndrome? That can’t be a real thing right? Actually it is. There aren’t exact numbers
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To fight cancer, doctors often resort to aggressive treatments that include surgery followed by secondary chemotherapies
...
MAR 11, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly 75 percent of children grow up in an area where rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is endemic, meaning the disease is
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The right amount of housekeeping is necessary to maintain clean and functional operations, but throwing away too much ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2016
Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 02, 2016
Cardiology
Cornelia Weyand, MD, and her team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine are investigating the causes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker