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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 12, 2017Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2017Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2017Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2017Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study reveals genetic variants in the immune system that increase the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, a ty ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2017Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
What is drug discovery and what does it entailWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Sitting down with a nice cup of coffee is something thousands of people do every day. The science research on it, howeve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Neuroscience
Exercise is good for you. There's just no doubt about that. However, new research shows that it might have a particu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 27, 2017Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2017Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2017Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brainWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 21, 2017Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2017Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 20, 2017Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 20, 2017Microbiology
Washing Your Thanksgiving Turkey Does More Harm than Good The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports tha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 16, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2017
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2017
Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2017
Immunology
A first-of-its-kind study reveals genetic variants in the immune system that increase the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, a ty
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
What is drug discovery and what does it entail
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Sitting down with a nice cup of coffee is something thousands of people do every day. The science research on it, howeve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Neuroscience
Exercise is good for you. There's just no doubt about that. However, new research shows that it might have a particu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 27, 2017
Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2017
Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brain
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 21, 2017
Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2017
Microbiology
Washing Your Thanksgiving Turkey Does More Harm than Good The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports tha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich