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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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OCT 05, 2018Videos
The CDC has some advice about a ham recall announced on October 3 by Johnston County Hams, Inc.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2018Cardiology
Medical tourism is a booming industry with the more popular surgery destinations reporting revenues into the billions. T ...Written By: Abbie ArceOCT 04, 2018Health & Medicine
Lead paint is a serious health hazard. The sale of lead paint was banned in the United States in 1978, so homes built be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 04, 2018Videos
Many people wonder exactly what causes Fibromyalgia, since there was never a definite answer, some question if the disea ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 03, 2018Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 01, 2018Neuroscience
Dementia is a scary diagnosis, but what many people don't realize is that dementia is a general term that can refer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Neuroscience
Neuroscientists all over the globe are actively looking for more effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease, but i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2018Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 26, 2018Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated blows to the head, results in a unique form of demen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Caltech have taken an interesting approach to synthetic biology.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2018Immunology
Weight gain among genders can have different outcomes.Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 25, 2018Neuroscience
When neuroscientists and doctors have to diagnose complex brain illnesses or injuries, they must collect a great deal of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is a necessary medicine for diabetics, but new work shows that insulin may also be used to treat chronic bowel i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2018Microbiology
You may have never heard of melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease, but it is a scary infection in many parts of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2018Videos
Learn more about how vaccines are developed and tested, from the CDC.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2018Microbiology
We coexist with microorganisms, and many of them play an important role in our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have developed a better way to create astrocytes, a cell type hat has been implicated in neurodegenerative di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2018Technology
Published in Scientific Reports, researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) developed a proof-of-concept blood press ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This tool might be extrapolated for many other disorders, and may free patients from repeated doctor visits.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Interestingly, this genetic variation is not within the coding portion of a gene; it lies adjacent to it.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2018Microbiology
The waterborne bacterium Vibrio cholerae has been spreading cholera in contaminated water since the 1800's.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2018Cannabis Sciences
It's known that marijuana makes people crave food in a phenomenon commonly called the munchies; until now, we didn't kno ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2018
Videos
The CDC has some advice about a ham recall announced on October 3 by Johnston County Hams, Inc.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2018
Cardiology
Medical tourism is a booming industry with the more popular surgery destinations reporting revenues into the billions. T
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
OCT 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
Lead paint is a serious health hazard. The sale of lead paint was banned in the United States in 1978, so homes built be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 04, 2018
Videos
Many people wonder exactly what causes Fibromyalgia, since there was never a definite answer, some question if the disea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 03, 2018
Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 01, 2018
Neuroscience
Dementia is a scary diagnosis, but what many people don't realize is that dementia is a general term that can refer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists all over the globe are actively looking for more effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease, but i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2018
Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 26, 2018
Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated blows to the head, results in a unique form of demen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Caltech have taken an interesting approach to synthetic biology.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2018
Immunology
Weight gain among genders can have different outcomes.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 25, 2018
Neuroscience
When neuroscientists and doctors have to diagnose complex brain illnesses or injuries, they must collect a great deal of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is a necessary medicine for diabetics, but new work shows that insulin may also be used to treat chronic bowel i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2018
Microbiology
You may have never heard of melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease, but it is a scary infection in many parts of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2018
Videos
Learn more about how vaccines are developed and tested, from the CDC.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2018
Microbiology
We coexist with microorganisms, and many of them play an important role in our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have developed a better way to create astrocytes, a cell type hat has been implicated in neurodegenerative di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2018
Technology
Published in Scientific Reports, researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) developed a proof-of-concept blood press
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This tool might be extrapolated for many other disorders, and may free patients from repeated doctor visits.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Interestingly, this genetic variation is not within the coding portion of a gene; it lies adjacent to it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2018
Microbiology
The waterborne bacterium Vibrio cholerae has been spreading cholera in contaminated water since the 1800's.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
It's known that marijuana makes people crave food in a phenomenon commonly called the munchies; until now, we didn't kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch