Our bodies response to invading pathogens through different mechanisms of the immune system. Innate immunity first detects disease and relays a defense signal to activate the second wave of immune defense; adaptive immunity. This second line of protection…
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Antibodies Against Epstein-Barr Virus Increase Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common human viruses worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EBV can cause other diseases. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine to prevent EBV infection. Many individuals…
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Chemotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
A recent study published in JAMA Oncology presents promising new data on a treatment regimen beneficial to patients with a subset of head and neck cancer known as oropharyngeal cancer. A rare malignancy that forms in the middle of the throat,…
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Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders
“No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That’s for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me.”
Alexa, a 44-year-old real estate agent, was telling me about her struggle with non-purging bulimia, which has come to control her life. We spoke…
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Best Practices and Continuing Education for Lab Personnel
Developing skillsets and education opportunities for lab personnel
Lab personnel play a critical role in ensuring accurate and efficient testing results As the demands and complexities of the field continue to increase, it becomes essential to focus on…
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6 things to know about antidepressants
An abundance of data show that SSRIs, a class of drugs commonly used as antidepressants, are effective, though, like any drug, they have risks.
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5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis
Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to…
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From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health
Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual…
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End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones.
Researchers like me, who study death and dying, hoped that such scenes would spur more Americans to embrace…
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Maintaining Consistency in QC Results Across a Laboratory Network: Best Practices and Guidelines
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SIGN INA significant percentage of clinical decisions around patient care are based on lab results. By maintaining consistency in QC…
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