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Coronaviruses and Beyond: How they Work, How to Protect Yourself

I’m moving away from my usual storytelling to bring you something more…


Close up side view of professional nurse checking health condition with stethoscope of middle-aged short hair female patient in a hospital office.

A Short History of Sickness and Why Prevention is Best

Throughout history, societies, technology and knowledge have evolved…


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What Nature Can Do For You on Earth Day

Many of us working in the concrete jungles that are our cities feel the stress…


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How Old Are You, Really? Meet Your Biological Age.

Whether we easily reveal our chronological age to others or keep it close to…


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…


Blocking Hormone Uptake Burns More Fat

Fat is not just fat. In other words, fat is not just a collection of energy…


When Pathogens Collaborate - Research in Brief

Have you ever thought about what could happen if microbes in your body joined…


Skin prick allergy test.

The Evolution of Allergies, or What Doesn't Kill You...

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” – Friedrich…


Clean culture of aerobic bacteria on agar plate, biohazard sign in background.

She Traced the 2001 Anthrax Letters. Now She's Protecting Your Gut Health.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rita Colwell, a “giant”…