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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 29, 2018Cardiology
Death rates and adverse cardiovascular events twice as likely in women after experiencing STEMI heart attack compared to ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 28, 2018Videos
The collaboration aims to improve personalized therapeutics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2018Videos
Mitochondria carry their own genetic material, which is only inherited from mom.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2018Cardiology
Recent study of 150 countries and over 800,000 people shows HIV patients are more than twice as likely to develop Heart ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 18, 2018Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 13, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found ways to identify people who may develop an aggressive type of blood cancer while they are still h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2018Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2018Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2018Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 18, 2018Immunology
Unique gene signatures and tiny changes in the immune system that occur in the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2018Videos
All parents want a healthy baby, and for some people that carry genetic mutations, the decision to have children present ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2018Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2018Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool may help reduce the use of CT scans in lung cancer detection, which can cause harm.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2018Cardiology
For people with blood pressure, cholesterol, and age associated with a low to intermediate level of risk for heart disea ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2018Neuroscience
Brain training, whether with puzzles and mental exercises or video games and apps is an area of neuroscience research th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 20, 2018Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person feels driven or compelled to behave ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2018Health & Medicine
“Sitting is the new smoking” is a common phrase that healthcare providers and fitness experts are using to g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 10, 2018Cardiology
Why are women more likely to have a stroke than men? It’s a combination of risk factors that women uniquely experi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2018Neuroscience
There's a saying that "Fish is brain food." While it's true that a Mediterranean diet that's low i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 29, 2018
Cardiology
Death rates and adverse cardiovascular events twice as likely in women after experiencing STEMI heart attack compared to
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 28, 2018
Videos
The collaboration aims to improve personalized therapeutics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2018
Videos
Mitochondria carry their own genetic material, which is only inherited from mom.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2018
Cardiology
Recent study of 150 countries and over 800,000 people shows HIV patients are more than twice as likely to develop Heart
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 18, 2018
Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found ways to identify people who may develop an aggressive type of blood cancer while they are still h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2018
Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2018
Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2018
Immunology
Unique gene signatures and tiny changes in the immune system that occur in the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2018
Videos
All parents want a healthy baby, and for some people that carry genetic mutations, the decision to have children present
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2018
Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool may help reduce the use of CT scans in lung cancer detection, which can cause harm.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2018
Cardiology
For people with blood pressure, cholesterol, and age associated with a low to intermediate level of risk for heart disea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Brain training, whether with puzzles and mental exercises or video games and apps is an area of neuroscience research th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 20, 2018
Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person feels driven or compelled to behave
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
“Sitting is the new smoking” is a common phrase that healthcare providers and fitness experts are using to g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 10, 2018
Cardiology
Why are women more likely to have a stroke than men? It’s a combination of risk factors that women uniquely experi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2018
Neuroscience
There's a saying that "Fish is brain food." While it's true that a Mediterranean diet that's low i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim