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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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APR 22, 2018Microbiology
While measles causes an illness that most people recover from, infants are far more likely to die from the highly contag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2018Cardiology
Doctors recommend regular physical activity to reduce the risk of a heart attack, but the same advice applies even after ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The precursors that specialize to become fat cells can be rapidly altered by environmental factors, like fatty food inta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2018Technology
A teen from a family of immigrant farmworkers created an app to prevent cases of heat stroke in the fields.Written By: Julia TraversAPR 20, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A diagnosis of a mild concussion or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) raises the risk of developing Parkinson’s disea ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 17, 2018Cardiology
Scientists from Brazil have confirmed that listening to music in the hour following the administration of drugs designed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 17, 2018Neuroscience
Who doesn't love a nice big dish of hot beets for supper? Delicious, right? OK, they may not be the darling of the v ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Sepsis happens when the response to an infection gets out of control; body-wide inflammation occurs, which can be fatal.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2018Microbiology
The CDC has issued an alert about an E. coli outbreak that may still be ongoing in several states.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 14, 2018Microbiology
Norovirus is highly contagious and is commonly found in schools, nursing homes, and other places where people congregate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2018Immunology
Drugs that reduce cholesterol, like statins, can treat existing heart disease, but what if there was way to prevent hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 11, 2018Microbiology
We now know that a vast community of microbes lives in our guts; they may be influencing whether or not we gain weight.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning how to exploit the anti-clotting abilities of mosquito saliva.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2018Health & Medicine
Parenting is not easy. Sometimes a child's behavior might mean that there is a mental health issue or it could be ju ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 10, 2018Cancer
A new study reports that the use of a Colorectal Cancer Screening iPad App helped to increase the number of patients tha ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 10, 2018Health & Medicine
Nutrition experts and healthcare providers alike agree that a diet that is limited in red meat is healthier. Lowering in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause of cancer. Scientists are trying to learn more about how fat cells can p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are miniature versions of human organs that are advancing the study of biology. These 3D structures are an exc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2018Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 05, 2018Cardiology
Your mother pestered you to eat your vegetables when you were young, and that advice does not grow old when you do. A ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 04, 2018Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 04, 2018Cardiology
The key to understanding heart health incorporates more than just measuring and evaluating dietary fat. A new study from ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 22, 2018
Microbiology
While measles causes an illness that most people recover from, infants are far more likely to die from the highly contag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2018
Cardiology
Doctors recommend regular physical activity to reduce the risk of a heart attack, but the same advice applies even after
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The precursors that specialize to become fat cells can be rapidly altered by environmental factors, like fatty food inta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2018
Technology
A teen from a family of immigrant farmworkers created an app to prevent cases of heat stroke in the fields.
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 20, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A diagnosis of a mild concussion or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) raises the risk of developing Parkinson’s disea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 17, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists from Brazil have confirmed that listening to music in the hour following the administration of drugs designed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 17, 2018
Neuroscience
Who doesn't love a nice big dish of hot beets for supper? Delicious, right? OK, they may not be the darling of the v
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sepsis happens when the response to an infection gets out of control; body-wide inflammation occurs, which can be fatal.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2018
Microbiology
The CDC has issued an alert about an E. coli outbreak that may still be ongoing in several states.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 14, 2018
Microbiology
Norovirus is highly contagious and is commonly found in schools, nursing homes, and other places where people congregate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2018
Immunology
Drugs that reduce cholesterol, like statins, can treat existing heart disease, but what if there was way to prevent hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 11, 2018
Microbiology
We now know that a vast community of microbes lives in our guts; they may be influencing whether or not we gain weight.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning how to exploit the anti-clotting abilities of mosquito saliva.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2018
Health & Medicine
Parenting is not easy. Sometimes a child's behavior might mean that there is a mental health issue or it could be ju
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 10, 2018
Cancer
A new study reports that the use of a Colorectal Cancer Screening iPad App helped to increase the number of patients tha
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 10, 2018
Health & Medicine
Nutrition experts and healthcare providers alike agree that a diet that is limited in red meat is healthier. Lowering in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause of cancer. Scientists are trying to learn more about how fat cells can p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are miniature versions of human organs that are advancing the study of biology. These 3D structures are an exc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2018
Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 05, 2018
Cardiology
Your mother pestered you to eat your vegetables when you were young, and that advice does not grow old when you do. A ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 04, 2018
Immunology
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is back, and it’s at least partly because individuals who were vaccinated in the ear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 04, 2018
Cardiology
The key to understanding heart health incorporates more than just measuring and evaluating dietary fat. A new study from
...
Written By:
Kara Marker