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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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MAR 10, 2016Neuroscience
The right amount of housekeeping is necessary to maintain clean and functional operations, but throwing away too much ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2016Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
​ ​Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 04, 2016Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Increased levels of a blood protein may make a person not only more susceptible to strokes, but could also send the pers ...MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 02, 2016Cardiology
Cornelia Weyand, MD, and her team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine are investigating the causes ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2016Immunology
The first gigantic mimiviruses were discovered in 2007 by a research group of France. They named the virus they found &l ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 26, 2016Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death nationally and globally. Using the most advanced 3D printing technology, sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 26, 2016Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists in the U.S. and Bangladesh claim to have found a link between excessive bacterial growth in the small intesti ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 24, 2016Neuroscience
There have been more than a few studies that tout the benefits of chocolate for health. A study released in June 2 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi ...FEB 21, 2016Immunology
Global concerns about Zika virus aren’t stopping Americans from making international travel plans, but many who do ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 19, 2016Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 19, 2016Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 18, 2016Neuroscience
When researching treatments for neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease, scie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The right amount of housekeeping is necessary to maintain clean and functional operations, but throwing away too much ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2016
Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
​ ​Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 04, 2016
Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Increased levels of a blood protein may make a person not only more susceptible to strokes, but could also send the pers
...
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 02, 2016
Cardiology
Cornelia Weyand, MD, and her team of scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine are investigating the causes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2016
Immunology
The first gigantic mimiviruses were discovered in 2007 by a research group of France. They named the virus they found &l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc
...
FEB 26, 2016
Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death nationally and globally. Using the most advanced 3D printing technology, sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Over time, the influenza virus has evolved a mechanism to spread as quick as possible in a human host by avoiding detect
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists in the U.S. and Bangladesh claim to have found a link between excessive bacterial growth in the small intesti
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 24, 2016
Neuroscience
There have been more than a few studies that tout the benefits of chocolate for health. A study released in June 2
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi
...
FEB 21, 2016
Immunology
Global concerns about Zika virus aren’t stopping Americans from making international travel plans, but many who do
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 19, 2016
Immunology
Bacteria are a little more clever in the way they enter the body and stay undetected than scientists realized. From the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 18, 2016
Neuroscience
When researching treatments for neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease, scie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim