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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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MAY 22, 2020Health & Medicine
Smart devices can control your lights, make your grocery list, and play songs on command. Researchers are now developing ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 22, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have mapped how the brain changes after one year of aerobic exercise. In p ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2020Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 18, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV caused an outbreak of SARS in 2003. Samples collected from those patients back then may help us against SARS-Co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have gained new insight into autoimmune and allergic disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2020Cardiology
A wide variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates has been noted among counties in the United States. Residents ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 13, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Cardiology
It is well-accepted that beverages with high sugar concentrations—such as high-fructose containing soda- —ar ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
On April 3rd, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that they recommend members of the general pub ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new research study suggest that a spike in infections such as influenza could be linked to the risk of de ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 12, 2020Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found that those aged 95 and older have more activity between the ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 08, 2020Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have created a sensitive, super-fast test for five different serotypes of Salmonella which could ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 05, 2020Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2020Cardiology
Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited genetic mutation in how the body recycles LDL cholesterol (bad cho ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 04, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2020
Health & Medicine
Smart devices can control your lights, make your grocery list, and play songs on command. Researchers are now developing
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 22, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have mapped how the brain changes after one year of aerobic exercise. In p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2020
Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 18, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV caused an outbreak of SARS in 2003. Samples collected from those patients back then may help us against SARS-Co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have gained new insight into autoimmune and allergic disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2020
Cardiology
A wide variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates has been noted among counties in the United States. Residents
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 13, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Cardiology
It is well-accepted that beverages with high sugar concentrations—such as high-fructose containing soda- —ar
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
On April 3rd, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that they recommend members of the general pub
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new research study suggest that a spike in infections such as influenza could be linked to the risk of de
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 12, 2020
Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found that those aged 95 and older have more activity between the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 08, 2020
Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Australian researchers have created a sensitive, super-fast test for five different serotypes of Salmonella which could
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 05, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Cardiology
Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited genetic mutation in how the body recycles LDL cholesterol (bad cho
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 04, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a confounding illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause a wide range of serious health pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch