The Neurological Impact of Grief
While losing a loved one is a universal experience, the intensity of loss can impact every individual emotionally and/or physically. Traumatic loss can come in many forms including serious illness or death of a loved one and the brain commonly responds similarly to emotional trauma or PTSD.
Funeral Traditions: Celebrating Life Around the World
Mourning and honoring the deceased is never one size fits all and the beauty in death is the unique variety of life celebrations and how people honor their deceased loved ones.
Cardiac Arrest Awareness: Education for Lifesaving Actions
The month of October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, which is dedicated to educating the public about what sudden cardiac arrest is and how to properly respond. To be clear, sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart attack.
Protecting Our Mind: Where We Stand Against Our Fight With Alzheimer’s
Sometimes, the fight against Alzheimer’s can feel endless. Still, with dedicated research and studies, the medical community is making visible strides to help manage the disease and help those affected improve their quality of life.
The Beat Goes On: Prioritizing Heart Health
“If the home is a body, the table is the heart, the beating center, the sustainer of life and health.” – Shauna Niequist Beating 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime, the heart is a vital organ with a 24/7 job, pumping blood and providing oxygen and nutrients to your body that are needed to
The Connection Between Whole Body Donation and Cancer Research
Whole body donation will always have a connection to the growth of medical education and especially medical research when it comes to discovering the causes and treatments of infectious diseases and cancer. With tissue gathered from donations, researchers can learn how cancer grows and spreads, how certain drugs work against cancer in different groups of
The Development of Clinical Trials
In modern medicine, clinical trials are the gold standard of clinical research. Clinical trials are well-controlled, function under a strict regulatory environment, and are a type of research study that is performed on people to evaluate a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention. This intervention could include drugs, cells, other biological products, surgical procedures, radiological procedures,
Osteoporosis: The Silent Disease
Osteoporosis also known as a “porous bone” is a bone disease that develops when bone mineral density or bone decreases or when the structure or strength of the bone changes. Healthy bones look like a honeycomb when viewed under a microscope, porous bones have large spaces of holes within the honeycomb meaning your bones become
Getting Real About Donation: Can You Be an Organ and Whole Body Donor?
One common misconception when it comes to donation, in general, is that organ donation and whole-body donations are mutually exclusive. While certainly similar, there are significant differences that everyone should be aware of when choosing which one is right for you and answer one of the most frequent questions “Can you be both an organ
Celebrating Iconic Women in Science
There have been many women who are leaders in ground-breaking scientific research across the globe and have had a significant role in humanity’s scientific advancement. Even though they are so significant in the scientific community, women only represent about 33.3% of scientific researchers globally. Despite their smaller numbers, history is full of women who made
