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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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APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have uncovered a new mechanism of bone erosion—and a possible biomarker—for rheumatoid arthritis ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor ...APR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 16, 2016Videos
Fatty liver disease is a condition in which excess fat in the liver makes up over 5 to 10 percent of the liver's weight. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati ...APR 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found that helminth infection in the gut triggers immune responses that alter ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 14, 2016Neuroscience
Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter and is essential for many important processes in the brain. In accorda ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts ...APR 11, 2016Immunology
If you thought finding a needle in a haystack was hard, try maneuvering a T lymphocyte through the “three-dimensio ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 11, 2016Cardiology
Antiviral medications used to control HIV and prevent its progression to AIDS improve the health and increase survival f ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 10, 2016Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 10, 2016Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 05, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 04, 2016Earth & The Environment
It is no secret that climate change has already and will continue to impact agricultural systems worldwide. With more se ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 01, 2016Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 31, 2016Cancer
This year, doctors will diagnose over 240,000 new cases of breast cancer in women. Mammograms have been the standard fir ...MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have uncovered a new mechanism of bone erosion—and a possible biomarker—for rheumatoid arthritis
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor
...
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 16, 2016
Videos
Fatty liver disease is a condition in which excess fat in the liver makes up over 5 to 10 percent of the liver's weight.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati
...
APR 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found that helminth infection in the gut triggers immune responses that alter
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 14, 2016
Neuroscience
Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter and is essential for many important processes in the brain. In accorda
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts
...
APR 11, 2016
Immunology
If you thought finding a needle in a haystack was hard, try maneuvering a T lymphocyte through the “three-dimensio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 11, 2016
Cardiology
Antiviral medications used to control HIV and prevent its progression to AIDS improve the health and increase survival f
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 10, 2016
Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 10, 2016
Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 04, 2016
Earth & The Environment
It is no secret that climate change has already and will continue to impact agricultural systems worldwide. With more se
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2016
Cancer
This year, doctors will diagnose over 240,000 new cases of breast cancer in women. Mammograms have been the standard fir
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker