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Human health and disease
Human health and disease refers to understanding what contributes to human health (the staste of mental, social, and physical being) and what factors may deter health (such as disease, infection, etc.)
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JAN 07, 2019Microbiology
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes nearly every case of cervical cancer.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2019Health & Medicine
Researchers in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s began to amass evidence of the adverse effects of secondhand smoke; In ...Written By: Dena ArutaJAN 07, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal EBioMedicine, the very first results on the treatment of a deadly age-rela ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
It's been established that men have slightly higher rates of cancer and a greater likelihood of dying from the disease. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
While the exact number now varies by state, newborns are screened for several diseases. Should we be doing more?Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2019Microbiology
Many types of fungi in our environment are being linked with increasing frequency to a wide array of health problems.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2019Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are intricately related to our health and well-being, and scientists continue to gain insight in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2019Immunology
Researchers have identified a target gene that allows for premature aging and inflammation. Target drug therapy allows t ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlJAN 03, 2019Microbiology
Th mycobacteria family of microbes includes over 70 members, which are everywhere and are often harmless. But they make ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Incredibly, around 20% of the global population is infected with the microbe that causes TB, but only about 10% show any ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2019Health & Medicine
While the images that you find on different websites of mites that live on humans may be frightening, most have a symbio ...Written By: Dena ArutaJAN 01, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Nature Communications, a drug treatment that aided the immune system in eradicating ol ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This study is the largest of its kind, and assessed genetic data from over 426,000 people, which is stored in the UK Bio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2018Health & Medicine
The 100th anniversary of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is coming to an end. Reviewing the literature from the last 100 y ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 29, 2018Genetics & Genomics
While we all carry the same genes in our genome, small variations within those genes can cause huge biological changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2018Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
There is no treatment for Huntington's disease at this time, and the scientists hope that this work will lead to one.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2018Videos
An ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease has caused a reported 560 likely cases of the disease (512 have been confirme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria of the gut microbiome have a powerful influence on human health, and new research has elucidated one mechan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2018Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
As people get older, some remain healthy while others begin to get chronically ill.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 19, 2018Microbiology
Researchers have used powerful technologies to assess bacterial infection on the cellular level.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2018Health & Medicine
Mastitis, occurring in approximately 1-3% of new mothers, is an unexpected bump in the road for those with newbor ...Written By: Dena Aruta
JAN 07, 2019
Microbiology
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes nearly every case of cervical cancer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2019
Health & Medicine
Researchers in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s began to amass evidence of the adverse effects of secondhand smoke; In
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JAN 07, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal EBioMedicine, the very first results on the treatment of a deadly age-rela
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It's been established that men have slightly higher rates of cancer and a greater likelihood of dying from the disease.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While the exact number now varies by state, newborns are screened for several diseases. Should we be doing more?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2019
Microbiology
Many types of fungi in our environment are being linked with increasing frequency to a wide array of health problems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2019
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are intricately related to our health and well-being, and scientists continue to gain insight in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2019
Immunology
Researchers have identified a target gene that allows for premature aging and inflammation. Target drug therapy allows t
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
JAN 03, 2019
Microbiology
Th mycobacteria family of microbes includes over 70 members, which are everywhere and are often harmless. But they make
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Incredibly, around 20% of the global population is infected with the microbe that causes TB, but only about 10% show any
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2019
Health & Medicine
While the images that you find on different websites of mites that live on humans may be frightening, most have a symbio
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JAN 01, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Nature Communications, a drug treatment that aided the immune system in eradicating ol
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This study is the largest of its kind, and assessed genetic data from over 426,000 people, which is stored in the UK Bio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2018
Health & Medicine
The 100th anniversary of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is coming to an end. Reviewing the literature from the last 100 y
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While we all carry the same genes in our genome, small variations within those genes can cause huge biological changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2018
Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
There is no treatment for Huntington's disease at this time, and the scientists hope that this work will lead to one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2018
Videos
An ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease has caused a reported 560 likely cases of the disease (512 have been confirme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria of the gut microbiome have a powerful influence on human health, and new research has elucidated one mechan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2018
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
As people get older, some remain healthy while others begin to get chronically ill.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 19, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers have used powerful technologies to assess bacterial infection on the cellular level.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2018
Health & Medicine
Mastitis, occurring in approximately 1-3% of new mothers, is an unexpected bump in the road for those with newbor
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta