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Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine actively focuses on the prevention and addressing underlying mechanisms rather than direct disease treatment. Modern research and medicine provides deeper insights into disease mechanisms, opens diagnostic windows for viewing health and disease for the individual and generates metrics for assessing wellness.
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DEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2016Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2016Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study finds an association between statin use and decreased Alzheimer risks. The study underscores the connection ...DEC 11, 2016Immunology
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that primarily affects the skin, but individuals with this disease are at a significa ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown FatWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 09, 2016Cardiology
A daily dose of yoga could help prevent high blood pressure, a new study finds. Based on their research, scientists are ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2016Cardiology
Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at an increased risk of death by suicide, a new study reports. ACS refer ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2016Cardiology
A group of cells thought to be nurturing to the barrier that prevents harmful substances from entering the brain may pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists have discovered a cellular switch that can be turned “on” or “off,” which could be vi ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The little blue pill that can prevent HIV is being launched in a large-scale clinical trial in the UK. Known as P ...DEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have determined that a small piece ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2016Cancer
Good news for patients with early stage skin cancer: a combination drug seems to be effective at attacking the skin canc ...DEC 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2016Neuroscience
According to new research, the incidence of depression is on the rise among teenagers. While it’s common for teens ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f ...NOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 30, 2016Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2016Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2016Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem ...NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2016
Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2016
Immunology
Zika expert James Diaz, MD, PhD from the Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health is familiar with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study finds an association between statin use and decreased Alzheimer risks. The study underscores the connection
...
DEC 11, 2016
Immunology
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that primarily affects the skin, but individuals with this disease are at a significa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 09, 2016
Cardiology
A daily dose of yoga could help prevent high blood pressure, a new study finds. Based on their research, scientists are
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Cardiology
Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at an increased risk of death by suicide, a new study reports. ACS refer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2016
Cardiology
A group of cells thought to be nurturing to the barrier that prevents harmful substances from entering the brain may pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a cellular switch that can be turned “on” or “off,” which could be vi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The little blue pill that can prevent HIV is being launched in a large-scale clinical trial in the UK. Known as P
...
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have determined that a small piece
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2016
Cancer
Good news for patients with early stage skin cancer: a combination drug seems to be effective at attacking the skin canc
...
DEC 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2016
Neuroscience
According to new research, the incidence of depression is on the rise among teenagers. While it’s common for teens
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f
...
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Strokes can be devastating to those who suffer from them. In the United States approximately 795,000 people will h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem
...
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)