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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 16, 2019Videos
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A new study highlights the effects of a target gene in HIV latent infectionWritten By: Nicholas BreehlDEC 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
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In the U.S., there are over 3.5 million cases of skin cancer reported every year. Basal cell carcinoma and squamo ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 05, 2018Cardiology
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APR 16, 2019
Videos
Scientists have determined that in the US, the rate of HPV infection is increasing among women under 40 who have not bee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Microbiology
Hospital staff are encouraged to wash their hands to stop germs from spreading. It seems patients and rooms may also nee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2019
Videos
Vaccine hesitancy is consider to be a major threat to public health, even though studies have shown that vaccines are no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Health & Medicine
The controversy over eating eggs and the impact they have on blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and mortali
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
The cannabis info website, Leafly.com, has just broken the news about how SXSW (that little gathering in Austi
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 06, 2019
Health & Medicine
There is a consensus that the first HIV infection occurred in the 1920s in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic o
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2019
Videos
In eight states, eleven people have fallen ill with a pathogenic strain of Salmonella, ten of them after having contact
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2019
Cardiology
In patients with diabetes, multiple risk factors increase the likelihood of suffering cardiovascular disease (CVD) or de
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 25, 2019
Cardiology
Tech companies know that heart disease is the most common cause of death worldwide. This makes the tech we already use e
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 09, 2019
Cardiology
Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD) is known to cause pain or discomfort in the legs upon exertion. This is just one compo
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While the exact number now varies by state, newborns are screened for several diseases. Should we be doing more?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2019
Cardiology
In today’s fast-paced world stress is all around us. Commuters spend an average of 42 hours commuting annually acc
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 05, 2019
Videos
Zika virus doesn't always cause symptoms, but it is can cause birth defects when pregnant women are infected.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Alcoholism is a devastating disease that is responsible for the deaths of roughly 88,000 people a year, n
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 01, 2019
Cardiology
We all know that timely access to healthcare is fundamental to good health. Still, rural residents at home and abroad fa
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This study is the largest of its kind, and assessed genetic data from over 426,000 people, which is stored in the UK Bio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2018
Cardiology
Ingesting dangerous levels of water is a problem faced most frequently by long-distance runners. One study found that as
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 12, 2018
Immunology
A new study highlights the effects of a target gene in HIV latent infection
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
DEC 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For decades, we've known that red meat is a risk factor for heart disease. Now, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers interested in studying marijuana are probably all too aware of the difficulty of getting a good supply of ca
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
In the U.S., there are over 3.5 million cases of skin cancer reported every year. Basal cell carcinoma and squamo
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 05, 2018
Cardiology
A group of five simple medical tests provides doctors and patients a long-term, wide-range glimpse into a person&
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2018
Cardiology
Japanese people are among the longest-living individuals in the world, and it’s very likely that a majority of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker