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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, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings because of four companies that are marketing unproven ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2017Plants & Animals
As temperatures around the globe begin to plummet in time for the autumn and winter months, car owners will start to ser ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Economics may be a factor in deciding who is ultimately benefits from the information that genetic testing provides.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Rabies is not a minor illness that will go away on its own. One person in Florida recently contracted rabies from a ...NOV 01, 2017Cardiology
Some people receive a warning from their body that a serious stroke is on the way, a warning that comes in the form of a ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 30, 2017Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2017Videos
We've likely all experienced a lapse in our dental routine at one time or another. It's especially easy to fall asleep a ...OCT 27, 2017Microbiology
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a group of bacteria that have high levels of resistance to specific an ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 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, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Vitamin D, also known fondly as the “sunshine vitamin,” could potentailly play a role in lowering the r ...OCT 25, 2017Cardiology
Most doctors would prescribe blood-thinning drugs, also known as anticoagulants, to people recently diagnosed with atria ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichOCT 10, 2017Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2017Cardiology
There’s a long-lasting myth that tongue swallowing during cardiac arrest can lead to suffocation and that it is th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2017Plants & Animals
If you need another reason to clean up after yourself rather than trashing the beach, then look no further than this poo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2017Cardiology
Believe it or not, a “hole in the heart” from a condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO) is mostly harmle ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2017Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen ...AUG 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New ...AUG 24, 2017Cardiology
Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2017Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet ...AUG 22, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is typically thought of as a disease that afflicts older adults. Yet, the number o ...
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings because of four companies that are marketing unproven ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
As temperatures around the globe begin to plummet in time for the autumn and winter months, car owners will start to ser
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Economics may be a factor in deciding who is ultimately benefits from the information that genetic testing provides.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
PSA: Rabies is not a minor illness that will go away on its own. One person in Florida recently contracted rabies from a
...
NOV 01, 2017
Cardiology
Some people receive a warning from their body that a serious stroke is on the way, a warning that comes in the form of a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2017
Videos
We've likely all experienced a lapse in our dental routine at one time or another. It's especially easy to fall asleep a
...
OCT 27, 2017
Microbiology
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a group of bacteria that have high levels of resistance to specific an
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
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
Clinical & Molecular DX
Vitamin D, also known fondly as the “sunshine vitamin,” could potentailly play a role in lowering the r
...
OCT 25, 2017
Cardiology
Most doctors would prescribe blood-thinning drugs, also known as anticoagulants, to people recently diagnosed with atria
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2017
Cardiology
There’s a long-lasting myth that tongue swallowing during cardiac arrest can lead to suffocation and that it is th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you need another reason to clean up after yourself rather than trashing the beach, then look no further than this poo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2017
Cardiology
Believe it or not, a “hole in the heart” from a condition called patent foramen ovale (PFO) is mostly harmle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 28, 2017
Cancer
The US safety agency announced a more stringent oversight on stem-cell clinics to prevent the use of unapproved treatmen
...
AUG 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New
...
AUG 24, 2017
Cardiology
Worldwide, the risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease has dropped since 1990, but the statistics have hardly changed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2017
Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet
...
AUG 22, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is typically thought of as a disease that afflicts older adults. Yet, the number o
...