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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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MAR 06, 2017Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – March 6, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)MAR 05, 2017Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2017Cardiology
A new, non-invasive technique for detecting inflammation provides a unique opportunity for the early identification of a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 02, 2017Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 02, 2017Videos
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. T ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2017Cardiology
Following a heart attack, the same cells of the immune system that help put damaged heart tissue back together can malfu ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2017Microbiology
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 28, 2017Health & Medicine
You have heard “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but new research suggests that it is more like five t ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 27, 2017Immunology
Thanks to the innate immune response, humans have an immediately-acting defense mechanism set in place against invading ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 26, 2017Plants & Animals
It would seem that a deadly virus dubbed ‘Peste des Petits Ruminants’ (PPR) is wreaking havoc on a populatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2017Videos
Bed bugs may not seem like much of a problem in modern America and other developed countries (except for the occasional ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2017Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Fruits and veggie lovers rejoice as a new study just doubled the daily recommended amount of these foods from five porti ...FEB 22, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies play host to myriad microorganisms; many of those microbes live in our gastrointestinal tract and they play a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2017Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2017Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 14, 2017Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 14, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201 ...FEB 12, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...FEB 07, 2017Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer. ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2017Health & Medicine
Doctors have long advised women born with complex congenital heart defects not to get pregnant due to the detrimental ef ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2017Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2017
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – March 6, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
MAR 05, 2017
Microbiology
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2017
Cardiology
A new, non-invasive technique for detecting inflammation provides a unique opportunity for the early identification of a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 02, 2017
Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 02, 2017
Videos
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. T
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2017
Cardiology
Following a heart attack, the same cells of the immune system that help put damaged heart tissue back together can malfu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2017
Microbiology
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
You have heard “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but new research suggests that it is more like five t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 27, 2017
Immunology
Thanks to the innate immune response, humans have an immediately-acting defense mechanism set in place against invading
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
It would seem that a deadly virus dubbed ‘Peste des Petits Ruminants’ (PPR) is wreaking havoc on a populatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Videos
Bed bugs may not seem like much of a problem in modern America and other developed countries (except for the occasional
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fruits and veggie lovers rejoice as a new study just doubled the daily recommended amount of these foods from five porti
...
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies play host to myriad microorganisms; many of those microbes live in our gastrointestinal tract and they play a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2017
Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 14, 2017
Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Washington state’s Department of Health has reported a total of 404 confirmed cases of mumps since October 201
...
FEB 12, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...
FEB 07, 2017
Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2017
Health & Medicine
Doctors have long advised women born with complex congenital heart defects not to get pregnant due to the detrimental ef
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)