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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 25, 2015Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 24, 2015Microbiology
Antibiotics keep farm animals healthy and promote their growth, but excessive antibiotic use no doubt contributes to ant ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 24, 2015Neuroscience
An Alzheimer's disease diagnosis is always a sad story. It is that much more so for people in their 30s, just starting t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 23, 2015Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 22, 2015Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacteria form biofilms to create an "ideal environment for creation of nutrient gradients, exchange of genes, and quorum ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 13, 2015Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 11, 2015Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 10, 2015Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 09, 2015Cancer
Powerful diseases require powerful drugs or powerful doses of drugs, often with severe side effects. An optical control ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2015Neuroscience
Why do some of your friends -- who are the same age as you are -- look so much younger than you do? Why do some look so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Plants & Animals
Did you know that your precious pet could be harboring a bacteria that could potentially be harmful to you and your fami ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 30, 2015Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Cancer
The Ohio State's Food Innovation Canter (FIC), Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship (CAFFR ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 25, 2015Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 25, 2015Health & Medicine
On Tuesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that within three years all food manufacturers wi ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 19, 2015Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2015Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t ...JUN 10, 2015Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 24, 2015
Microbiology
Antibiotics keep farm animals healthy and promote their growth, but excessive antibiotic use no doubt contributes to ant
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 24, 2015
Neuroscience
An Alzheimer's disease diagnosis is always a sad story. It is that much more so for people in their 30s, just starting t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 23, 2015
Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacteria form biofilms to create an "ideal environment for creation of nutrient gradients, exchange of genes, and quorum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 15, 2015
Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 13, 2015
Cancer
How important is screening for colon cancer? It's very important, according to a study in the July issue of GIE: Gastroi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 10, 2015
Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2015
Cancer
Powerful diseases require powerful drugs or powerful doses of drugs, often with severe side effects. An optical control
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some of your friends -- who are the same age as you are -- look so much younger than you do? Why do some look so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 07, 2015
Plants & Animals
Did you know that your precious pet could be harboring a bacteria that could potentially be harmful to you and your fami
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 30, 2015
Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
The Ohio State's Food Innovation Canter (FIC), Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship (CAFFR
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 25, 2015
Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 25, 2015
Health & Medicine
On Tuesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that within three years all food manufacturers wi
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2015
Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t
...
JUN 10, 2015
Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider