Vaccinations absolutely work, and have dramatically decreased rates of childhood diseases.
Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies.
Malaria was one of the epidemic diseases with the most comprehensive records in traditional Chinese medical literature.
Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony.
Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.
Inflammation is the cornerstone of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis - all of the neurodegenerative diseases are really predicated on inflammation.
The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases.
Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.
As an undergraduate majoring in biology at the University of California, San Diego, I worked on infectious diseases at the nearby Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
