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Disease control
Disease control refers to public health efforts to reduce the number of new infections, the number of people who are currently infected, and the number of people who become sick and/or die from a disease.
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SEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2016Cardiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the 20 million adults in the United States with chr ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 16, 2016Videos
Worldwide, deaths from ovarian cancer are down. In the US the rate fell 16% between 2002-2012. In the UK deaths from the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The popularity of e-cigarettes is fraught with controversy. On the one hand, manufacturers and fans say these devices po ...SEP 15, 2016Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as & ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 14, 2016Cardiology
Aspirin's Effects on Cardiovascular Disease and Colon CancerWritten By: Jennifer EllisSEP 14, 2016Cardiology
Besides an elevated risk for heart failure, what do thicker heart walls and a weakened pumping ability have in common? P ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have reason to believe that most congenital heart defects are a result of a painfully complicated web of gene ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 08, 2016Cardiology
Scientists aren’t sure why, but higher levels of thyroid hormone in the blood has been shown to increase an indivi ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap ...SEP 06, 2016Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2016Cancer
A common trace element may influence liver cancer risks, researchers from Germany reported. Specifically, the study foun ...SEP 06, 2016Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...SEP 05, 2016Neuroscience
A rare but often fatal heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is getting some new attention from a study done ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2016Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the ...
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2016
Cardiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the 20 million adults in the United States with chr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 16, 2016
Videos
Worldwide, deaths from ovarian cancer are down. In the US the rate fell 16% between 2002-2012. In the UK deaths from the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The popularity of e-cigarettes is fraught with controversy. On the one hand, manufacturers and fans say these devices po
...
SEP 15, 2016
Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as &
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 14, 2016
Cardiology
Aspirin's Effects on Cardiovascular Disease and Colon Cancer
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 14, 2016
Cardiology
Besides an elevated risk for heart failure, what do thicker heart walls and a weakened pumping ability have in common? P
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have reason to believe that most congenital heart defects are a result of a painfully complicated web of gene
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists aren’t sure why, but higher levels of thyroid hormone in the blood has been shown to increase an indivi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap
...
SEP 06, 2016
Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Cancer
A common trace element may influence liver cancer risks, researchers from Germany reported. Specifically, the study foun
...
SEP 06, 2016
Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
SEP 05, 2016
Neuroscience
A rare but often fatal heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is getting some new attention from a study done
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the
...