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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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JUL 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Brain cells, or neurons, communicate through electrochemical signals. The electrical signals travel down a neuron’ ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJUL 18, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to prevent symptoms of COVID-19 in non-hospitalized patients, do ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 18, 2021Cancer
Moderate alcohol use is linked to a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and o ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 16, 2021Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 12, 2021Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens are thought to be a growing threat to public health. Streptococcus pneumoniae, for example, is most ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2015 and 2017, 64.9% of women in the US w ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 11, 2021Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Neuroscience
A person’s risk of cognitive decline grows with each tooth lost, says a new study published in JAMDA: The Jou ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 08, 2021Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The perineuronal net is known to play a crucial role in memory. This structure surrounds certain neurons, encasing their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Health & Medicine
In a study including several million veterans as participants, researchers at the University of Michigan found that an i ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUL 05, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2021Cardiology
Heart disease is a major killer, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Indiana University have found that mice exposed to cannabinoids while in the womb are less responsive to ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 28, 2021Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2021Cancer
Research shows that obese patients with cancers including ovarian and melanoma may respond better to a certain kind of i ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 24, 2021Technology
Nearly 20% of cardiac surgery patients will require another operation at some point in the future. This is especially tr ...Written By: Ryan Vingum
JUL 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Brain cells, or neurons, communicate through electrochemical signals. The electrical signals travel down a neuron’
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JUL 18, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to prevent symptoms of COVID-19 in non-hospitalized patients, do
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 18, 2021
Cancer
Moderate alcohol use is linked to a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 16, 2021
Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2021
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens are thought to be a growing threat to public health. Streptococcus pneumoniae, for example, is most
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2015 and 2017, 64.9% of women in the US w
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 11, 2021
Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Neuroscience
A person’s risk of cognitive decline grows with each tooth lost, says a new study published in JAMDA: The Jou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2021
Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The perineuronal net is known to play a crucial role in memory. This structure surrounds certain neurons, encasing their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
In a study including several million veterans as participants, researchers at the University of Michigan found that an i
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUL 05, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2021
Cardiology
Heart disease is a major killer, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Indiana University have found that mice exposed to cannabinoids while in the womb are less responsive to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Picture this: You’ve misplaced your keys again and you no longer feel comfortable in social settings you once enjo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 28, 2021
Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2021
Cancer
Research shows that obese patients with cancers including ovarian and melanoma may respond better to a certain kind of i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 24, 2021
Technology
Nearly 20% of cardiac surgery patients will require another operation at some point in the future. This is especially tr
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum