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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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SEP 23, 2019Microbiology
Four related types of dengue virus are common in at least 100 countries and threaten around three billion people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2019Neuroscience
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a phase when dreams are created. Traditionally, REM has been thought of as a sleep sta ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergSEP 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2019Microbiology
An international team of scientists has identified strains of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2019Cancer
We have known for some time now that tomatoes are beneficial for our health. The carotenoid called lycopene in tomatoes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases like malaria that could lead to serious health consequences or even death, espec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2019Microbiology
The incidence of tick-borne diseases is on the rise, and ticks present a growing threat to public health worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2019Cancer
Now here’s a question: have you eaten your mushrooms yet today? Although mushrooms may not be one of the typically ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
What is good oral hygiene??? What will happen if you do not follow this important healthcare ritual? You are right...... ...Written By: Nupur SrivastavaSEP 09, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Kidney failure is a consequence of diabetic kidney disease--roughly 3 million people are seeking treatment worldwide for ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 07, 2019Cannabis Sciences
It has been found that 90% of patients that are diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women, and only a decade ago doctors tho ...Written By: Amanda KahlSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2019Microbiology
Antibiotic use would have to be reduced by 80% in order to effectively curtail the spread of antibiotic-resistant microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2019Health & Medicine
Dietary trends are consistently changing. However, the shift to plant-based or vegan diets is gaining momentum for healt ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 04, 2019Cancer
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain why some breast cancers recur following canc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 03, 2019Microbiology
While attention has been brought to the issue and some progress has been made, hospital-acquired infections are still a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2019Cardiology
Each month nearly 20 million Americans turn to fish oil for heart disease prevention. Though it may sound healthy, this ...Written By: Abbie ArceSEP 02, 2019Cancer
Stop! Put down those fries! Although we know that fried foods aren’t good for our health (though they sure do tast ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2019Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2019Immunology
An international group of scientists from the U.S. and U.K. published new research in Nature about the effectiveness of ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAUG 31, 2019Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2019Cardiology
Recently published in JAMA, a new study sought to investigate national trends in deaths resulting from cardiometabolic d ...Written By: Abbie Arce
SEP 23, 2019
Microbiology
Four related types of dengue virus are common in at least 100 countries and threaten around three billion people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2019
Neuroscience
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a phase when dreams are created. Traditionally, REM has been thought of as a sleep sta
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2019
Microbiology
An international team of scientists has identified strains of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2019
Cancer
We have known for some time now that tomatoes are beneficial for our health. The carotenoid called lycopene in tomatoes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases like malaria that could lead to serious health consequences or even death, espec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2019
Microbiology
The incidence of tick-borne diseases is on the rise, and ticks present a growing threat to public health worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2019
Cancer
Now here’s a question: have you eaten your mushrooms yet today? Although mushrooms may not be one of the typically
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
What is good oral hygiene??? What will happen if you do not follow this important healthcare ritual? You are right......
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava
SEP 09, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Kidney failure is a consequence of diabetic kidney disease--roughly 3 million people are seeking treatment worldwide for
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
It has been found that 90% of patients that are diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women, and only a decade ago doctors tho
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic use would have to be reduced by 80% in order to effectively curtail the spread of antibiotic-resistant microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
Dietary trends are consistently changing. However, the shift to plant-based or vegan diets is gaining momentum for healt
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 04, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain why some breast cancers recur following canc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 03, 2019
Microbiology
While attention has been brought to the issue and some progress has been made, hospital-acquired infections are still a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2019
Cardiology
Each month nearly 20 million Americans turn to fish oil for heart disease prevention. Though it may sound healthy, this
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
SEP 02, 2019
Cancer
Stop! Put down those fries! Although we know that fried foods aren’t good for our health (though they sure do tast
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2019
Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2019
Immunology
An international group of scientists from the U.S. and U.K. published new research in Nature about the effectiveness of
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
AUG 31, 2019
Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2019
Cardiology
Recently published in JAMA, a new study sought to investigate national trends in deaths resulting from cardiometabolic d
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce