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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 17, 2017Health & Medicine
Your daily visit to the bathroom scale could soon flood you with information about your health beyond how much yo ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2017Technology
Researchers based out of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and McCormick School of Engineering, both l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2017Health & Medicine
Small RNA molecules suitably called microRNAs do not code for anything, but they are not purposeless. From the In ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 15, 2017Immunology
A biochemical compound called adenosine is both the cause of osteoarthritis and the subject of promising research for a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 14, 2017Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2017Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The state of Minnesota is working overtime to treat and contain a measles outbreak that health experts are attributing t ...MAY 05, 2017Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2017Cardiology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2017Immunology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2017Health & Medicine
An intriguing link between people with non-O blood groups and a higher risk of adverse cardiac events is the subject of ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 01, 2017Immunology
Corneal transplants can be especially risky for some patients, when steroids intended to suppress the immune system fail ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Large quantities of humpback whales are dying in the Atlantic region for unexplained reasons, and even the world’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Bone marrow transplants are often considered to be the last resort treatment, because the procedure could have the nearl ...APR 27, 2017Cancer
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is, universally, scary news for anyone. And whether it’s by overwhelming fear, financ ...APR 26, 2017Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
A common DNA test used to find genes linked with disease may miss key genetic risk indicators, new research suggests. Wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2017Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2017Health & Medicine
Metoprolol is a classic drug for everything heart-related: preventing chest pain, lowering high blood pressure, and redu ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
Your daily visit to the bathroom scale could soon flood you with information about your health beyond how much yo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2017
Technology
Researchers based out of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and McCormick School of Engineering, both l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
Small RNA molecules suitably called microRNAs do not code for anything, but they are not purposeless. From the In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 15, 2017
Immunology
A biochemical compound called adenosine is both the cause of osteoarthritis and the subject of promising research for a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2017
Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The state of Minnesota is working overtime to treat and contain a measles outbreak that health experts are attributing t
...
MAY 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Cardiology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Immunology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
An intriguing link between people with non-O blood groups and a higher risk of adverse cardiac events is the subject of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2017
Immunology
Corneal transplants can be especially risky for some patients, when steroids intended to suppress the immune system fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Large quantities of humpback whales are dying in the Atlantic region for unexplained reasons, and even the world’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bone marrow transplants are often considered to be the last resort treatment, because the procedure could have the nearl
...
APR 27, 2017
Cancer
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is, universally, scary news for anyone. And whether it’s by overwhelming fear, financ
...
APR 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
A common DNA test used to find genes linked with disease may miss key genetic risk indicators, new research suggests. Wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2017
Microbiology
In the developing world, mold often contaminates foods. Researchers have found it to be the source of a potent carcinoge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
Metoprolol is a classic drug for everything heart-related: preventing chest pain, lowering high blood pressure, and redu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker