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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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JAN 12, 2015Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 26, 2014Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 01, 2014Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 24, 2014Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 18, 2014Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 05, 2014Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 03, 2014Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 30, 2014Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 21, 2014Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of CasesWhen patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 10, 2014Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 08, 2014Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 07, 2014Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 01, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 15, 2014Videos
Eight states have confirmed cases of Enterovirus 68, says William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventative medicine at V ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 12, 2014Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 03, 2014Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 29, 2014Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2014Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JAN 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 05, 2015
Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 26, 2014
Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 01, 2014
Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 24, 2014
Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 18, 2014
Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 03, 2014
Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 30, 2014
Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 10, 2014
Health & Medicine
Most people have heard that artificial sweeteners help with weight loss and diabetes prevention. According to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 08, 2014
Health & Medicine
Symptoms of thyroid problems include fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety and excessive perspiration. The th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 07, 2014
Immunology
The case of the man who left Liberia and was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas is confounding in every way, a cascade of Mu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 01, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 15, 2014
Videos
Eight states have confirmed cases of Enterovirus 68, says William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventative medicine at V
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 12, 2014
Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 29, 2014
Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2014
Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider