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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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DEC 26, 2017Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2017Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 27, 2017Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies. ...NOV 02, 2017Cancer
Aspirin, one of the cheapest and most readily available drugs, may help people avoid a host of gastrointestinal cancers, ...OCT 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 25, 2017Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, researchers found something alarming: The ethnic and racial group at one of the highest risk for diabete ...OCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2017Cancer
A common over-the-counter drug that pilots often take to alleviate jetlag may also help cancer patients ease the pain fr ...SEP 14, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Men, perhaps it's time to schedule a prostate screening exam with your doctor! New results from two eminent prostate ...SEP 06, 2017Neuroscience
The expression, "It's no day at the beach" is sometimes used to describe an experience that is unpleasant ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2017Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2017Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Cardiology
Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is rare but dangerous, and for the women and children that survive, a lifelong risk of he ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 21, 2017Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 06, 2017Neuroscience
Olive oil has been widely acclaimed as one of the healthier fats to use in cooking and include in a balanced diet. It&rs ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2017Cardiology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 18, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy is intended to be an aggressive attack on cancer, but all too often, the body also sustains major injuries ...
DEC 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 27, 2017
Immunology
One of the viruses responsible for the itchy and runny nose, headache, and sore throat we associate with the common cold
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies.
...
NOV 02, 2017
Cancer
Aspirin, one of the cheapest and most readily available drugs, may help people avoid a host of gastrointestinal cancers,
...
OCT 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 25, 2017
Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, researchers found something alarming: The ethnic and racial group at one of the highest risk for diabete
...
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2017
Cancer
A common over-the-counter drug that pilots often take to alleviate jetlag may also help cancer patients ease the pain fr
...
SEP 14, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies have an internal clock, the circadian rhythm, and it appears that some pathogens behave differently depending
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Men, perhaps it's time to schedule a prostate screening exam with your doctor! New results from two eminent prostate
...
SEP 06, 2017
Neuroscience
The expression, "It's no day at the beach" is sometimes used to describe an experience that is unpleasant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2017
Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2017
Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Cardiology
Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is rare but dangerous, and for the women and children that survive, a lifelong risk of he
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Olive oil has been widely acclaimed as one of the healthier fats to use in cooking and include in a balanced diet. It&rs
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2017
Cardiology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy is intended to be an aggressive attack on cancer, but all too often, the body also sustains major injuries
...