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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 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Immunology
Antibiotic resistance is on its way to spreading around the world among bacteria that are often involved in respiratory ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Cardiology
Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received cor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Immunology
In recent years, a deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses tha ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Neuroscience
The Holy Grail in any progressive disease is to find it early enough to start effective treatment before irreversible da ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cancer
Scientists have discovered 15 previously unknown genetic ‘hot-spots' that can increase a woman's risk of developing brea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows that two proteins critical for maintaining healthy day-nig ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Cardiologists can now estimate your risk of dying in the next 10 years based solely on how well you keep moving on an ac ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that play a role in diabetes. The crucial development is ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Immunology
Antibiotic resistance is on its way to spreading around the world among bacteria that are often involved in respiratory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Cardiology
Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received cor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
In recent years, a deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses tha ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
The Holy Grail in any progressive disease is to find it early enough to start effective treatment before irreversible da
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have discovered 15 previously unknown genetic ‘hot-spots' that can increase a woman's risk of developing brea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows that two proteins critical for maintaining healthy day-nig
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Cardiologists can now estimate your risk of dying in the next 10 years based solely on how well you keep moving on an ac
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 11, 2015
Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that play a role in diabetes. The crucial development is
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis