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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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DEC 01, 2014Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 24, 2014Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 05, 2014Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 03, 2014Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 30, 2014Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 21, 2014Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of CasesWhen patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 10, 2014Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 08, 2014Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 07, 2014Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 01, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 22, 2014Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2014Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 12, 2014Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 03, 2014Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 29, 2014Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2014Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 23, 2014Neuroscience
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 18, 2014Microbiology
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have learned how bacterial toxins that cause food-borne botulism are absorbed t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2014Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 30, 2014Cardiology
With about 720,000 Americans having one each year, heart attacks are still a leading killer in the U.S. Still, since sta ...Written By: Peter Micheli
DEC 01, 2014
Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 24, 2014
Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 03, 2014
Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 30, 2014
Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 10, 2014
Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 08, 2014
Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 07, 2014
Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 01, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 22, 2014
Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2014
Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 12, 2014
Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 29, 2014
Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2014
Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 23, 2014
Neuroscience
."
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 18, 2014
Microbiology
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have learned how bacterial toxins that cause food-borne botulism are absorbed t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2014
Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 30, 2014
Cardiology
With about 720,000 Americans having one each year, heart attacks are still a leading killer in the U.S. Still, since sta
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli