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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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FEB 25, 2015Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 24, 2015Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 16, 2015Health & Medicine
While it has long been known that obesity can negatively affect health in terms of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 30, 2015Technology
The National Center for Health Statistics says that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20 ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 16, 2014Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 24, 2014Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 03, 2014Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 21, 2014Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of CasesWhen patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 10, 2014Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 08, 2014Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 07, 2014Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 23, 2014Genetics & Genomics
We may often think about how to protect ourselves from melanoma, especially during summer, when time spent outdoors is p ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 24, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
While it has long been known that obesity can negatively affect health in terms of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 30, 2015
Technology
The National Center for Health Statistics says that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 16, 2014
Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 24, 2014
Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 03, 2014
Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 10, 2014
Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 08, 2014
Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 07, 2014
Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 23, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
We may often think about how to protect ourselves from melanoma, especially during summer, when time spent outdoors is p
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 17, 2014
Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke