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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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JUN 07, 2016Neuroscience
A traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, can be devastating and have long-lasting effects. In children these injuries can be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Not long ago, tourists at Yellowstone National Park scooped up a baby bison into their car and it was later euthanized b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
We all know the dangers of staying out in the sun too long without protection. But short of getting the telltale sunburn ...MAY 17, 2016Immunology
More health care workers are getting flu vaccines as more states pass laws making flu shots mandatory, a new study shows ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 16, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that a Walrus gives birth to a walrus pup inside of an aquarium in Canada. In fact, it’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Women at high-risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are now one step closer to getting timely screening and sam ...APR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large ...APR 29, 2016Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the ...APR 26, 2016Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 25, 2016Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 20, 2016Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A yeast infection was the root cause in the failure of the first uterus transplant in the US, doctors reported. The tran ...APR 11, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who have experienced certain cardiac conditions or blood clots often are placed on blood thinners to avoid furt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d ...MAR 15, 2016Videos
New information released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that approximately one-third o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 12, 2016Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 10, 2016Plants & Animals
A pair of grey seal twin pups born in Norfolk, England may just be the first ever of their kind ever recorded in the his ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study found that young baseball pitchers could largely benefit from attending preseason arm injury preventio ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 07, 2016
Neuroscience
A traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, can be devastating and have long-lasting effects. In children these injuries can be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Not long ago, tourists at Yellowstone National Park scooped up a baby bison into their car and it was later euthanized b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
We all know the dangers of staying out in the sun too long without protection. But short of getting the telltale sunburn
...
MAY 17, 2016
Immunology
More health care workers are getting flu vaccines as more states pass laws making flu shots mandatory, a new study shows
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that a Walrus gives birth to a walrus pup inside of an aquarium in Canada. In fact, it’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Women at high-risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are now one step closer to getting timely screening and sam
...
APR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large
...
APR 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the
...
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 25, 2016
Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A yeast infection was the root cause in the failure of the first uterus transplant in the US, doctors reported. The tran
...
APR 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who have experienced certain cardiac conditions or blood clots often are placed on blood thinners to avoid furt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d
...
MAR 15, 2016
Videos
New information released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that approximately one-third o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 12, 2016
Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
A pair of grey seal twin pups born in Norfolk, England may just be the first ever of their kind ever recorded in the his
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study found that young baseball pitchers could largely benefit from attending preseason arm injury preventio
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)