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Disease Prevention
Disease Prevention Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms that live in other people, animals, or the environment and are too small to see. If you do not come into contact with them, you can prevent many infections and illnesses. While specific diseases are passed in specific ways, there are basic steps you can take to stay healthy and lower your risk of catching and spreading any infectious disease.
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JUL 01, 2016Cancer
The diagnosis of glioblastoma often bears one of the grimmest prognosis for patients. But a new research discovery may o ...JUN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A report in the journal Blood revealed that scientists have found a protein that may diagnose chronic graft-versus-host ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2016Cardiology
Leaky blood vessels in the brain called cerebral microbleeds are associated with an increased risk of physical and cogni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 30, 2016Cancer
More than just striking out on a kiss, bad oral hygiene may be linked to something far more insidious: head and neck can ...JUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2016Microbiology
A research team working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the University of Massachusetts has created a se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2016Cardiology
The new cardiac patch technology is more than just a pacemaker, researchers from Harvard University describe in a new st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2016Cancer
If you don’t love and eat broccoli already, you might want to seriously reconsider! This is the sentiment of a new ...JUN 27, 2016Videos
Patients with type 2 diabetes may be on the verge of having a new radical new treatment option for their condition. The ...JUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2016Videos
An Ohio teenager died last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri while rafting at the U. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The US government panel that evaluates gene therapy trials, the National Institute of Health’s Recombinant DNA Res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2016Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology recommends treatment for people with ischemic heart disease (IHD) to achieve low-dens ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 21, 2016Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from ...JUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2016Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d ...JUN 14, 2016Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
JUL 01, 2016
Cancer
The diagnosis of glioblastoma often bears one of the grimmest prognosis for patients. But a new research discovery may o
...
JUN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A report in the journal Blood revealed that scientists have found a protein that may diagnose chronic graft-versus-host
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Leaky blood vessels in the brain called cerebral microbleeds are associated with an increased risk of physical and cogni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 30, 2016
Cancer
More than just striking out on a kiss, bad oral hygiene may be linked to something far more insidious: head and neck can
...
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2016
Microbiology
A research team working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the University of Massachusetts has created a se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2016
Cardiology
The new cardiac patch technology is more than just a pacemaker, researchers from Harvard University describe in a new st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2016
Cancer
If you don’t love and eat broccoli already, you might want to seriously reconsider! This is the sentiment of a new
...
JUN 27, 2016
Videos
Patients with type 2 diabetes may be on the verge of having a new radical new treatment option for their condition. The
...
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2016
Videos
An Ohio teenager died last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri while rafting at the U.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The US government panel that evaluates gene therapy trials, the National Institute of Health’s Recombinant DNA Res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2016
Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology recommends treatment for people with ischemic heart disease (IHD) to achieve low-dens
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from
...
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2016
Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d
...
JUN 14, 2016
Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich