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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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JAN 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned that when sperm cells mature, they activate many of their genes, which enables a repair process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 22, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 21, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve seen teenage binge drinking widely represented in popular culture. There is, however, a dark side to what ma ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2020Neuroscience
Ophthalmology – Amblyopia: By Christine Law M.D. Researchers in the Bear Lab at the Massachusetts Institute ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJAN 17, 2020Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 16, 2020Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding, ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 13, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, where the stem cells that produce blood ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2020Health & Medicine
In the United States, the death rate from cancer has declined, according to a new report released today by the American ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 08, 2020Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases are caused by infectious microorganisms like bacteria or viruses, and are passed between animals, incl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Intense, debilitating pain that can last for days. Nausea, numbness and sensitivity to light. For people who experience ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 04, 2020Cardiology
Heart disease is the top killer in the Western world. This is partially because, if one manages to survive an initial he ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 03, 2020Cardiology
Invasive procedures are no better than medications and lifestyle advice at treating heart disease that’s severe bu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 03, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states and Washington, DC, but regulations regarding potency do not exist. The resu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 01, 2020Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2019Neuroscience
Close 1 in 4 people who experience severe trauma develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Now, a recent study has ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JAN 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned that when sperm cells mature, they activate many of their genes, which enables a repair process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 22, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 21, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve seen teenage binge drinking widely represented in popular culture. There is, however, a dark side to what ma
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The dengue virus is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is found in over one hundred countries and threatens three billion peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2020
Neuroscience
Ophthalmology – Amblyopia: By Christine Law M.D. Researchers in the Bear Lab at the Massachusetts Institute
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JAN 17, 2020
Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding,
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 13, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, where the stem cells that produce blood
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2020
Health & Medicine
In the United States, the death rate from cancer has declined, according to a new report released today by the American
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 08, 2020
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases are caused by infectious microorganisms like bacteria or viruses, and are passed between animals, incl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Intense, debilitating pain that can last for days. Nausea, numbness and sensitivity to light. For people who experience
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 04, 2020
Cardiology
Heart disease is the top killer in the Western world. This is partially because, if one manages to survive an initial he
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 03, 2020
Cardiology
Invasive procedures are no better than medications and lifestyle advice at treating heart disease that’s severe bu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 03, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states and Washington, DC, but regulations regarding potency do not exist. The resu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 01, 2020
Microbiology
Honey has been used in homeopathic medicine as a wound healer, and now researchers have developed a special application
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2019
Neuroscience
Close 1 in 4 people who experience severe trauma develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Now, a recent study has
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon