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Preventative Medicine
Preventive Medicine: Preventive healthcare (alternately preventive medicine or prophylaxis) consists of measures taken for disease prevention, as opposed to disease treatment. Just as health encompasses a variety of physical and mental states, so do disease and disability, which are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices. Health, disease, and disability are dynamic processes which begin before individuals realize they are affected. Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primal, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
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NOV 17, 2022Microbiology
Various types of fungi in soils are causing serious lung infections in 48 of 50 US states, and the District of Columbia, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2022Plants & Animals
The Sumatran rhinoceros are considered a critically endangered species, with an estimated 80 or fewer Sumatran rhinos al ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes, preventing breakage. Some cancer cells can use those protective caps to their adv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a vaccine that may be able to block the opioid fentanyl from reaching the brain. They note th ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a significant impact on out health a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2022Health & Medicine
The role of a crucial hormone called INSL3 (insulin-like peptide hormone) has been discovered, and it may help predict w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2022Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 08, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Telmisartan, a blood pressure-lowering medication, may help prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Black indiv ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2022Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Antibiotic resistance is an urgent, global threat to public health. It occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withs ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 07, 2022Cancer
Since ancient times, scientific and anecdotal evidence has noted many health benefits associated with pomegranates prope ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2022Health & Medicine
Are cannabis consumers eligible for liver transplants? Here's the detailsWritten By: Helaine KrysikNOV 03, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 and flu virus infection rates are on the rise, another virus is now wreaking havoc on the United States ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizNOV 02, 2022Microbiology
While different strains of influenza virus can co-infect cells and form hybrid flus, virus co-infections have tended to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2022Cannabis Sciences
UCLA researchers conducted an 8-year study of roughly 1,300 low-income Los Angeles teens and found that students who att ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2022Plants & Animals
In honor of Halloween, from venomous bites to bright red faces to full-moon dances, here are the six weirdest monkeysWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 17, 2022
Microbiology
Various types of fungi in soils are causing serious lung infections in 48 of 50 US states, and the District of Columbia,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2022
Plants & Animals
The Sumatran rhinoceros are considered a critically endangered species, with an estimated 80 or fewer Sumatran rhinos al
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by tick bites. The incidence of Lyme disease has been increasi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes, preventing breakage. Some cancer cells can use those protective caps to their adv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a vaccine that may be able to block the opioid fentanyl from reaching the brain. They note th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a significant impact on out health a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2022
Health & Medicine
The role of a crucial hormone called INSL3 (insulin-like peptide hormone) has been discovered, and it may help predict w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2022
Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 08, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Telmisartan, a blood pressure-lowering medication, may help prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Black indiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2022
Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Antibiotic resistance is an urgent, global threat to public health. It occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withs
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 07, 2022
Cancer
Since ancient times, scientific and anecdotal evidence has noted many health benefits associated with pomegranates prope
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
Are cannabis consumers eligible for liver transplants? Here's the details
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
NOV 03, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 and flu virus infection rates are on the rise, another virus is now wreaking havoc on the United States
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
NOV 02, 2022
Microbiology
While different strains of influenza virus can co-infect cells and form hybrid flus, virus co-infections have tended to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
UCLA researchers conducted an 8-year study of roughly 1,300 low-income Los Angeles teens and found that students who att
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
In honor of Halloween, from venomous bites to bright red faces to full-moon dances, here are the six weirdest monkeys
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt