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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 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some gene variants might be protecting people from the negative health effects of obesity.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2021Cardiology
Scientists have examined the associations between cardiovascular problems before a pregnancy and complications during la ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2021Microbiology
The hepatitis B virus was discovered by Dr. Baruch Blumberg in 1967. World hepatitis day is commemorated on his birthday ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Microplastics are being found throughout our world; they're in the oceans, in soil, and in our bodies, among other place ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from Imperial College London have written an overview of currently available commercial brain-computer inter ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Brain cells, or neurons, communicate through electrochemical signals. The electrical signals travel down a neuron’ ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJUL 18, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to prevent symptoms of COVID-19 in non-hospitalized patients, do ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 18, 2021Cancer
Moderate alcohol use is linked to a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and o ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2021Cannabis Sciences
Heart arrhythmias happen when the heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly. According to the Centers for Dise ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 12, 2021Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens are thought to be a growing threat to public health. Streptococcus pneumoniae, for example, is most ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2015 and 2017, 64.9% of women in the US w ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 11, 2021Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Neuroscience
A person’s risk of cognitive decline grows with each tooth lost, says a new study published in JAMDA: The Jou ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 06, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The perineuronal net is known to play a crucial role in memory. This structure surrounds certain neurons, encasing their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Health & Medicine
In a study including several million veterans as participants, researchers at the University of Michigan found that an i ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUL 05, 2021Cardiology
Heart disease is a major killer, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 28, 2021Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some gene variants might be protecting people from the negative health effects of obesity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2021
Cardiology
Scientists have examined the associations between cardiovascular problems before a pregnancy and complications during la
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2021
Microbiology
The hepatitis B virus was discovered by Dr. Baruch Blumberg in 1967. World hepatitis day is commemorated on his birthday
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microplastics are being found throughout our world; they're in the oceans, in soil, and in our bodies, among other place
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from Imperial College London have written an overview of currently available commercial brain-computer inter
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Brain cells, or neurons, communicate through electrochemical signals. The electrical signals travel down a neuron’
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JUL 18, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to prevent symptoms of COVID-19 in non-hospitalized patients, do
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 18, 2021
Cancer
Moderate alcohol use is linked to a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Heart arrhythmias happen when the heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly. According to the Centers for Dise
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2021
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens are thought to be a growing threat to public health. Streptococcus pneumoniae, for example, is most
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2015 and 2017, 64.9% of women in the US w
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 11, 2021
Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Neuroscience
A person’s risk of cognitive decline grows with each tooth lost, says a new study published in JAMDA: The Jou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 06, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The perineuronal net is known to play a crucial role in memory. This structure surrounds certain neurons, encasing their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
In a study including several million veterans as participants, researchers at the University of Michigan found that an i
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUL 05, 2021
Cardiology
Heart disease is a major killer, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 28, 2021
Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch