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Preventive care
Preventative care is a type of healthcare focusing on preventing the onset of diseases or identify disease as early as possible when treatment is most feasible. Preventative healthcare can include interventions such as vaccines, screening tests, or regular physical examinations. Effective preventative care will minimize damage caused by illnesses to an individual and can also limit costs associated with medical treatment.
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NOV 16, 2020Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Microbiology
Recent work has backed up research from earlier this year that suggested that aspirin might help prevent the worst cases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 22, 2020Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 18, 2020Cardiology
New research has suggested that over two-thirds of heart disease cases around the world are preventable with improvement ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife provides evidence that statins, the common cholesterol-lowering drugs, could ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Almost a year into the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic and we still do not have a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 17, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Blood clotting, also known as coagulation, is a critical biological mechanism to prevent excessive blood loss in the eve ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 10, 2020Cardiology
A recent survey has shown that most health care professionals may not be using the current information to screen for and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Hydrocortisone, a common and widely-available anti-inflammatory steroid drug, has been found to reduce the mortality rat ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 25, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers have found that around 13.6% of deaths in the U.S. may come as the result of dementia. The figure, they say, ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 20, 2020Cancer
How would you feel about a robot conducting your cancer surgery? According to new research published in JAMA Oncology, i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 20, 2020Technology
Smartphones have been under scrutiny for how much data they can capture about someone. Well, now they can apparently not ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a recent study, the answers could lie in a simple blood test.Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 28, 2020Cancer
In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers champion the potential of community-based gene ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 23, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
After a prostate cancer diagnosis, urologists do not always initiate immediate clinical intervention. In those with Low- ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 22, 2020Immunology
Initial studies of cannabidiol’s impact of classic symptoms of lung damage in severe cases of COVID-19 provide a p ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Microbiology
Recent work has backed up research from earlier this year that suggested that aspirin might help prevent the worst cases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 22, 2020
Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 18, 2020
Cardiology
New research has suggested that over two-thirds of heart disease cases around the world are preventable with improvement
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife provides evidence that statins, the common cholesterol-lowering drugs, could
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians want people to get their flu shots this year, especially because of the ongoing pandemic.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Almost a year into the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic and we still do not have a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 17, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Blood clotting, also known as coagulation, is a critical biological mechanism to prevent excessive blood loss in the eve
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 10, 2020
Cardiology
A recent survey has shown that most health care professionals may not be using the current information to screen for and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Hydrocortisone, a common and widely-available anti-inflammatory steroid drug, has been found to reduce the mortality rat
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 25, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that around 13.6% of deaths in the U.S. may come as the result of dementia. The figure, they say,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 20, 2020
Cancer
How would you feel about a robot conducting your cancer surgery? According to new research published in JAMA Oncology, i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 20, 2020
Technology
Smartphones have been under scrutiny for how much data they can capture about someone. Well, now they can apparently not
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a recent study, the answers could lie in a simple blood test.
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 28, 2020
Cancer
In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers champion the potential of community-based gene
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 23, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
After a prostate cancer diagnosis, urologists do not always initiate immediate clinical intervention. In those with Low-
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 22, 2020
Immunology
Initial studies of cannabidiol’s impact of classic symptoms of lung damage in severe cases of COVID-19 provide a p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker