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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, 2015Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 06, 2015Cardiology
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece in the complex mol ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
ATLANTA --Â A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a previously unknown process that many bacteria, including thos ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A massive worldwide analysis of genetic data from almost 340,000 people around the world has brought understanding of th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 24, 2015Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 13, 2015Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 03, 2015Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 30, 2015Technology
The National Center for Health Statistics says that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20 ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 19, 2015Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 06, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece in the complex mol
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...
For a new stu ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
ATLANTA --Â A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a previously unknown process that many bacteria, including thos
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A massive worldwide analysis of genetic data from almost 340,000 people around the world has brought understanding of th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 24, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 03, 2015
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 30, 2015
Technology
The National Center for Health Statistics says that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 19, 2015
Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider