What's Next for Dialysis Patients, Wearable Artificial Kidneys?

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]  By Joanne P. Shelby-Klein BSN RN Dialysis cannot fully replace the fluid and waste removal function of the kidneys. Patients find themselves having to follow dietary and fluid restrictions on a daily basis. Patients also find that they are tired and don’t feel…

Passive and Active Immunization Strategies to Fight Ebola

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]  By Sandy Hayes, PhD Ebola, or Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a zoonotic disease – a disease that spreads from one species to another species.1 Zoonotic diseases recur through out history, from the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) of the middle ages to the 1918 Spanish flu…

Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells just got easier with Soundwaves?

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]  By Joanne P. Shelby-Klein BSN RN Scientists are always looking for new and better ways to find out if cancer cells are present or moving through the body to a different site. These cancer cells are hard to find since usually so few of…

Introduction to Ovarian Cancer

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]  Illana A. Stanley, Ph.D. Introduction to Ovarian Cancer Ovarian cancer usually refers to ovarian epithelial carcinoma, by far the most common variety of ovarian malignancy. This malignancy is associated with the ovaries, the female reproductive organs where oocytes are stored and where release of…

Alcohol Use Disorder – A General Overview

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Christina Ripp, M.A. Many people may not realize the terms “alcoholism” and “alcoholic” do not represent a specific diagnosis. The current diagnosis for someone who is addicted to alcohol is called Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), formerly known as “Alcohol Dependence” in the previous edition…

Anorexia Nervosa – A General Overview

[icon name=”user” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]    Christina Ripp, MA Anorexia Nervosa is perhaps the most well-known eating disorder, in part due to the celebrity of some individuals who have suffered and recovered from the disorder. This condition is complex, with behaviors and subtypes that may be expressed differently for each…

Food Cravings and Pica; An Overview

By Joanne P. Shelby-Klein BSN RN How many times have you made the comment “my body must need something because I feel like I am craving chocolate, steak, liver etc.” and then proceeded to grab the particular food desired? Many times we have said that we are craving a…

CAR-T Cell Therapy

Isharpal Singh, MS Programming T Cells to kill Tumor Cells Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have been considered as the cornerstones of cancer therapy for years. But with the advent of targeted therapies like Imatinib (Gleevec®) and Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) there has been a considerable shift in the standard treatments for…