New blood test might help detect Alzheimer’s
As research methods and new technologies continue to spur medical discoveries, some scientists and doctors have shifted their focus from treating the symptoms of a disease to stopping it at the source.
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As research methods and new technologies continue to spur medical discoveries, some scientists and doctors have shifted their focus from treating the symptoms of a disease to stopping it at the source.
Influenza, or the flu, kills tens of thousands of people every year. Even with the rapidly evolving medical and pharmaceutical industries, scientists have not been able to develop a complete cure for the flu.
Continuing this year’s theme “Unconventional Medicine,” Conversations in Medicine (CiM) presented the symposium’s final talk given by space physician and flight surgeon Dr. Jonathan Clark on April 17.
Billions of highly specialized cells run through our veins. They make up our blood, a fascinating fluid that plays the significant roles of transport as part of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and of pathogen detection and elimination in the immune and lymphatic systems.
A new study has found that certain species may be more intelligent because of their diet. The discovery has thrown into question the scientific consensus that a species’ sociality determines its intelligence.
In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human heart transplant. Since then, organ transplants have continued to save millions of lives.
Polar bears are the face of climate change. Their image raises awareness for wildlife habitat destruction on poster boards, TV commercials and science textbooks — and for appropriate reasons.
It may seem ironic that painkillers, the very drugs that should end or at least lessen suffering, are commonly known to cause uncomfortable side effects such as nausea, dizziness, headaches, constipation and drowsiness.
Air pollution has been a critical global issue for decades. Harmful emissions contribute to environmentally damaging natural phenomena like acid rain, changes in the pH level of oceans, rises in sea levels and more.
Principal investigator Professor Brenda Rapp of the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab on Homewood Campus discussed, her lab’s research, which focuses on word production and comprehension. She described her personal background and her visions for the future of her work.
Some Hopkins students might have grown up with long afternoons spent doing homework in their rooms instead of playing outside. Sure, that hard work has played an important role in bringing students here today, but those who must wear glasses or contacts to see the blackboard at the front of the lecture hall might be interested to hear that nearsightedness has recently been linked to the amount of time spend indoors as children.
Early last week, Professor Michael Beer, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Hopkins, was awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work as part of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Consortium (ENCODE), a collaboration of 18 labs striving to catalog all coding and regulatory regions of the human genome.
Personality is a multi-faceted quality with numerous possible influencing factors, making it intriguing and yet difficult to measure and study. We are constantly shaped by our experiences and environment.
Sugar comes in many different forms, including fructose, which is often found in fruit and fruit juices, and glucose, one of the simplest forms of sugar into which carbohydrates are broken down in the body.
Last year, the internet community was touched by a video of a blind mother-to-be crying happy tears as she traced her fingers over the 3-D printed ultrasound of her unborn son.
According to a recent study, women who stay in the home are more likely to be infected with mosquito-borne diseases than their male counterparts who do not stay home.
A new research study at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria led by Harald Kindermann reveals that the solution to retaining memorized information could be no more than a quick jog.