What’s the Deal with Cancer Screening? Colonoscopy Edition

What better way to take charge of your health in 2020 than to get a…


What’s the Deal with Cancer Screening? Cervical Cancer Edition

*This post was originally published on April 13th, 2020.  All women know the…


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What’s the Deal with Electronic Cigarettes?

As I rode up a chairlift this past winter, a cloud of grape-scented vapor…


By bringing together many different types and sources of patient data together in one place with high powered computing, physicians and researchers can begin to develop better ways to treat the right patients at the right times with the most effective interventions, given individual factors like cancer genetic information, tumor stage, demographic information, lifestyle factors and more.

What’s the Deal with Using Computer Modeling to Predict Disease Outcomes?

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is scary and accompanied by many questions. Will…


Set of bacteria, microbes under microscope.

What’s the Deal with Antibiotic Resistance?

“A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know…


What’s the Deal with Fasting and Cancer Therapy?

Editor’s Note: While 2019 brings all the promise that every new year…


Close-up of female scientist hands with microscope. Credit: ljubaphoto.

What’s the Deal? Making Science Accessible.

Hi all! I’m Emily and I am thrilled to be joining the LIFE Apps blogging team.…