Articles written by Alicia Mae Prater

House members come together to ensure the National AIDS Strategy is only a first step in the increased effort to halt the disease.

Sep 21, 2011 - Alicia Mae Prater

HIV infection culminates as AIDS, which is defined by a syndrome of diseases resulting from a compromised immune system.

Jul 28, 2011 - Alicia Mae Prater

Macular dystrophy is a genetic disorder that causes the cornea to become cloudy and a person to progressively lose their sight.

Jul 19, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

The Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill have been linked to illness and health-related problems among the residents and volunteers along the Gulf coast.

Jul 19, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

An artificial pancreas is closer than ever for type 1 diabetics, who are unable to produce insulin in response to blood glucose because of pancreas damage.

Jul 19, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

An HIV vaccine would stimulate the body to produce HIV antibodies that prevent infection, and researchers think they have found the key to do this.

Jul 16, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Ligaments and tendons are both connective tissues made of stacked collagen fibrils that attach to bone, but only tendons attach to muscle.

Jun 18, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Ligaments are fibrous connective tissue attached to bones, spanning joints to facilitate and limit movement induced by tendons.

Jun 18, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Vincent Liew is the only man whose death is attributed to uterine cancer. The tumors on his transplanted kidney possibly originated from the donor's uterus.

Jun 3, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

A case-control study shows that consistent exposure to secondhand smoke for 5 years may account for 40% of chronic rhinosinusitis cases among nonsmokers.

May 27, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Mosquitoes inherit a dominant genetic trait that makes them resistant to DEET, a common insect repellent used to prevent bites and disease transmission.

May 27, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

The first ever cancer vaccine, Provenge, was approved by the FDA to safely treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in men by immunomodulation.

May 3, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Tendons are connective tissues that attach to muscle and bone across joints, facilitating movement.

Apr 20, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Endometrial cancer, which affects the uterus, is a common cancer in women and associated with genetic and environmental risk factors, such as estrogen.

Apr 19, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Researchers in Britain have accomplished in vitro fertilization using two eggs to replace aberrant mitochondria, which may one day reduce inherited disease.

Apr 18, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Some seafood can harbor toxins from the seasonal algal bloom of plankton known as red tide.

Apr 13, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

The joints are where two bones meet, but not all convey movement.

Apr 10, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

The synovial joints allow bones to move in varying ways by holding and cushioning the ends of the bones.

Apr 10, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Mucins are large glycoproteins that make up mucus, but they have also been found to take part in cancer and other disorders.

Mar 29, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Infection, obstruction, or destruction within the lungs reduces respiratory capacity and gas exchange efficiency.

Mar 28, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Breathing is essential for gas exchange in the lungs, and pressure plays an important role in the breathing cycle, which consists of inhalation and exhalation.

Mar 28, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Humans breathe to live, and this action is dependent on air getting into the small air sacs that make up the lungs, the main organ of the respiratory system.

Mar 23, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

The upper and lower respiratory system, including the lungs, is responsible for gas exchange, bringing in the oxygen required by every cell.

Jan 21, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Polio, meningitis, hepatitis, and the common cold are just a sample of diseases caused by picornaviruses.

Jan 19, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Glaucoma is not always caused by high intraocular pressure and is often without symptoms until vision loss occurs.

Jan 18, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness because of the effect of increased intraocular pressure on the optic nerve.

Jan 18, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the United States, but treatments are limited by the legality of marijuana, which reduces intraocular pressure.

Jan 17, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

New medicines discovered by researchers go through several clinical trials before being routinely used or allowed to be sold on the market.

Jan 7, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Most colds are caused by rhinoviruses, which are spread by coughing and sneezing and infect the nasal airway.

Jan 4, 2010 - Alicia Mae Prater

Zinc is a common home remedy for colds. There is increasing evidence of how it works against rhinovirus to alleviate cold symptoms.

Dec 27, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Rhinoviruses are thought to be responsible for one-third of all cases of the common cold, resulting in wheezing, coughing, and sinusitis.

Dec 27, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Twenty-seven new embryonic stem cell lines from Harvard have been approved for federally funded use in studying pancreatic development.

Dec 21, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

The renal structure is unique for maintaining fluid balance in the body as the kidney filters wastes from the blood.

Sep 26, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Nephrons are the basic structural and functional units of the kidney. They consist of a network of tubules and canals specialized in filtration.

Sep 25, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Three types of vessels carry blood and nutrients throughout the body to perfuse the tissues and rid the cells of waste.

Sep 24, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

For almost 30 years, health officials have struggled to contain AIDS, which is now known to be the end result of HIV infection.

Sep 23, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Short canals called Eustachian tubes, or auditory tubes, connect the middle ear and nasal cavity, allowing air pressure regulation and fluid drainage.

Sep 22, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

The stability of cell shape and structure are maintained by cytoskeletal proteins that interact with and transport required functional molecules.

Sep 21, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Amid current influenza fears, Asian bird flu has faded into the background, and the origin of H5N1 in Asia is still somewhat of a mystery.

Sep 20, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

A nick in the DNA strand is known as a chromosomal break. Cells have repair mechanisms for both single strand and double strand breaks.

Sep 19, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Genetics has shown that HIV, known as the AIDS virus, has a longer history of infection in North America than once thought.

Sep 18, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

The words used to describe the heart and disease can seem overwhelming. Here are some of the basic terms people should know about the heart.

Sep 17, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

DNA damage and mismatched nucleotides introduced during replication are recognized and removed by the cell machinery.

Jul 19, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Only one disease has ever been eradicated from Earth and vaccines continue to be necessary to prevent deformity and death.

Jul 15, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

The addiction pathway may play a role in fat deposition and having a larger waist circumference.

Jul 9, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Hantavirus is a rare and deadly disease carried by mice into your home. Controlling their presence and cleaning is the key to prevention.

Jun 19, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

With the first African cases of H1N1 flu in Egypt, the World Health Organization has declared the recent flu virus outbreak a pandemic. How did it get to this?

Jun 11, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Swine flu, H1N1, bird flu, H5N1, type A influenza - these are five terms used to describe the various strains of a single virus, but what is the difference?

Jun 11, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

Probiotics are beneficial bacteria. Acidophilus is needed in the human digestion system to aid in lactose processing.

May 17, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater

C. diff is a hospital-acquired bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract that is becoming difficult to treat in some countries.

May 16, 2009 - Alicia Mae Prater