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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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APR 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2021Microbiology
The bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract have a big influence on our health, and they serve some important functions i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2021Cannabis Sciences
The rate of cannabis use among American adults tripled between 2003 and 2018 from 4.1% to 15.9%. During this time, some ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 09, 2021Microbiology
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a real neuropsychiatric disorder that some people have after medical procedure ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Sunday, April 11, is National Pet Day! From pandemic companions to viral videos, pets are a huge part of our lives. Even ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 08, 2021Health & Medicine
Israeli-based technology firm Eybna, who specialize in isolating and testing components from the cannabis plant, say tha ...Written By: Angela DowdenAPR 08, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have observed that individuals who smoke marijuana are more at risk than tobacco cigarette smokers ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 06, 2021Cardiology
Researchers have begun to analyze the impact of the pandemic, and their work has shown that long COVID-19 surges in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2021Microbiology
The bacterium Campylobacter is thought to cause more cases of food poisoning than any other microbial pathogen. Scientis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Health & Medicine
April is autism awareness month (April 2 was autism awareness day), during which people are encouraged to learn more abo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2021Microbiology
There are many different influenza viruses, which cause from 290,000 to 650,000 deaths every year. That range depends on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The benefits of fish oil have been debated for years. New research can explain why it's been difficult to reach a solid ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains the genes that make us who we are, because of how and when those genes are expressed. Gene exp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2021Cardiology
Scientists have found that it may be possible for people with a rare genetic disorder to prevent fatal strokes by taking ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2021Microbiology
There are many microbes that live in the human mouth, and while some are harmless, others like Streptococcus mutans are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We know that there are certain substances that can harm a developing fetus, like alcohol or lead. Some health conditions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Stem Cell, scientists have engineered miniature versions of human tear glands that actually emit tears ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2021Cardiology
Do you want to know what the best medicine for cardiovascular health is? It isn't some heart-shaped pill with some m ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 18, 2021Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2021Immunology
Immunologists have revealed one of the underlying mechanisms behind COVID’s life-threatening cytokine storms. By s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 17, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some brain diseases including mad cow disease and the human version Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Kuru, and fatal fam ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2021Cardiology
Silent heart attacks can happen, in which blood flow to the heart is blocked, and heart tissue may be damaged, but they ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2021
Microbiology
The bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract have a big influence on our health, and they serve some important functions i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
The rate of cannabis use among American adults tripled between 2003 and 2018 from 4.1% to 15.9%. During this time, some
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 09, 2021
Microbiology
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a real neuropsychiatric disorder that some people have after medical procedure
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Sunday, April 11, is National Pet Day! From pandemic companions to viral videos, pets are a huge part of our lives. Even
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 08, 2021
Health & Medicine
Israeli-based technology firm Eybna, who specialize in isolating and testing components from the cannabis plant, say tha
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
APR 08, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have observed that individuals who smoke marijuana are more at risk than tobacco cigarette smokers
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 06, 2021
Cardiology
Researchers have begun to analyze the impact of the pandemic, and their work has shown that long COVID-19 surges in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2021
Microbiology
The bacterium Campylobacter is thought to cause more cases of food poisoning than any other microbial pathogen. Scientis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
April is autism awareness month (April 2 was autism awareness day), during which people are encouraged to learn more abo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2021
Microbiology
There are many different influenza viruses, which cause from 290,000 to 650,000 deaths every year. That range depends on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The benefits of fish oil have been debated for years. New research can explain why it's been difficult to reach a solid
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains the genes that make us who we are, because of how and when those genes are expressed. Gene exp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2021
Cardiology
Scientists have found that it may be possible for people with a rare genetic disorder to prevent fatal strokes by taking
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2021
Microbiology
There are many microbes that live in the human mouth, and while some are harmless, others like Streptococcus mutans are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We know that there are certain substances that can harm a developing fetus, like alcohol or lead. Some health conditions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Stem Cell, scientists have engineered miniature versions of human tear glands that actually emit tears
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2021
Cardiology
Do you want to know what the best medicine for cardiovascular health is? It isn't some heart-shaped pill with some m
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 18, 2021
Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2021
Immunology
Immunologists have revealed one of the underlying mechanisms behind COVID’s life-threatening cytokine storms. By s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 17, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some brain diseases including mad cow disease and the human version Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Kuru, and fatal fam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2021
Cardiology
Silent heart attacks can happen, in which blood flow to the heart is blocked, and heart tissue may be damaged, but they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch