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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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SEP 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for the cause of autism for many years, and now eight mutations have been found in a sin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing ...SEP 16, 2017Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2017Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According ...SEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...SEP 10, 2017Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2017Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...SEP 05, 2017Cardiology
There are two sides to heart disease, literally corresponding to the two sides of the heart, left and right. There are d ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2017Microbiology
New work suggests that a TB vaccine might be doing more good than we knew, and should be used in areas with TB outbreaks ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2017Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 02, 2017Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2017Neuroscience
Serotonin is an essential neurotransmitter. It's a chemical that regulates some vital functions in the body like moo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 30, 2017Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
After waiting for months and even years for a kidney, those who had a successful kidney transplant must still continue t ...AUG 30, 2017Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2017Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2017Cardiology
Heart disease is one of those health problems that stems from a complicated mixture of factors. Preventing heart disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2017Infographics
Over the years, vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Currently, there are ove ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorAUG 28, 2017Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen ...AUG 28, 2017Cardiology
First discovered in 1979, natriuretic peptides (NPs) play a variety of roles in the body, some not yet understood. But a ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for the cause of autism for many years, and now eight mutations have been found in a sin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing
...
SEP 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2017
Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According
...
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
SEP 10, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2017
Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
SEP 05, 2017
Cardiology
There are two sides to heart disease, literally corresponding to the two sides of the heart, left and right. There are d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Microbiology
New work suggests that a TB vaccine might be doing more good than we knew, and should be used in areas with TB outbreaks
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2017
Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 02, 2017
Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Serotonin is an essential neurotransmitter. It's a chemical that regulates some vital functions in the body like moo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 30, 2017
Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
After waiting for months and even years for a kidney, those who had a successful kidney transplant must still continue t
...
AUG 30, 2017
Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2017
Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2017
Cardiology
Heart disease is one of those health problems that stems from a complicated mixture of factors. Preventing heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2017
Infographics
Over the years, vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Currently, there are ove
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
AUG 28, 2017
Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen
...
AUG 28, 2017
Cardiology
First discovered in 1979, natriuretic peptides (NPs) play a variety of roles in the body, some not yet understood. But a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker