Follow
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.
-
AUG 24, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare and unpredictable autoimmune disease in which the body’s inn ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizAUG 24, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 23, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Residents of nursing homes are particularly susceptible to health complications. Around half of all individuals residing ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 23, 2021Microbiology
Several viruses are known to cause chronic infections, one is hepatitis C virus (HCV). Researchers studying these infect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some research has indicated that by restricting eating in various ways, lifespan could be extended. Time-restricted eati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2021Neuroscience
Humor is an effective way to deliver public health interventions and influence people’s behavior around their heal ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 20, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified two antibodies that can protect animals from diseases caused by alphaviruses, which are RNA ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 20, 2021Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 19, 2021Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2021Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death around the world. Atherosclerosis is known to be a major contributo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2021Plants & Animals
Happy National Potato Day! Potatoes are a delicious part of many foods for people across the globe, but what do you know ...Written By: Samantha LottAUG 19, 2021Immunology
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describes a man who is a kind, respect ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 19, 2021Cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most diagnosed type of cancer in both men and women in the United States and CRC in ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2021Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 17, 2021Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 15, 2021Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2021Neuroscience
Cholesterol levels in the brain tightly regulate the production of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, a key feature of A ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 15, 2021Microbiology
While about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC every year, the disease has been estimated to cause abu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There are 22 bones that compose the human skull. These bones are like plates that join together at flexible joints calle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2021Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 11, 2021Technology
Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests have emerged as the standard for testing and confirming C ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 11, 2021Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare and unpredictable autoimmune disease in which the body’s inn
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
AUG 24, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 23, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Residents of nursing homes are particularly susceptible to health complications. Around half of all individuals residing
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 23, 2021
Microbiology
Several viruses are known to cause chronic infections, one is hepatitis C virus (HCV). Researchers studying these infect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some research has indicated that by restricting eating in various ways, lifespan could be extended. Time-restricted eati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2021
Neuroscience
Humor is an effective way to deliver public health interventions and influence people’s behavior around their heal
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 20, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified two antibodies that can protect animals from diseases caused by alphaviruses, which are RNA
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 20, 2021
Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2021
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death around the world. Atherosclerosis is known to be a major contributo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2021
Plants & Animals
Happy National Potato Day! Potatoes are a delicious part of many foods for people across the globe, but what do you know
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
AUG 19, 2021
Immunology
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describes a man who is a kind, respect
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 19, 2021
Cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most diagnosed type of cancer in both men and women in the United States and CRC in
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 17, 2021
Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 15, 2021
Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2021
Neuroscience
Cholesterol levels in the brain tightly regulate the production of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, a key feature of A
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 15, 2021
Microbiology
While about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC every year, the disease has been estimated to cause abu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There are 22 bones that compose the human skull. These bones are like plates that join together at flexible joints calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 11, 2021
Technology
Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests have emerged as the standard for testing and confirming C
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 11, 2021
Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch