Keeping healthy …

Keeping pets (and people) healthy.

The list of zoonoses is long and continues to grow as people travel to more remote parts of the world and bring diseases back with them, and as animals that carry diseases are imported. The first human outbreak of monkeypox, a rare smallpox-like disease, occurred in the United States in May 2003. The disease was believed to have been brought into the country in April by a shipment of rodents an...

Keeping health care reform healthy, patients informed.

ANA has advocated for decades to secure meaningful health care reform. Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a comprehensive law that aims to protect consumers, increase access to care, promote health, improve and refocus the health care delivery system, and control costs. Prior to full implementation, it has been reported that the law has provided 54 million Americans free access to preven...

Keeping healthy on a minimum wage.

Oral health: keeping your mouth clean and healthy.

Keeping your mouth clean and healthy is an important part of having a healthy body. Over time, your teeth build up plaque and bacteria that cause irritation to the gums. Th ese plaques can cause infection in your gums and the bones that support your teeth. Th is is called periodontal disease. Having periodontal disease can cause other problems in your body. You have a greater chance of having a...

Keeping you healthy: BK channel activation by omega-3 fatty acids

In the exuberant world of K + channels, the Ca 2+-and voltage-activated K + (BK, MaxiK, Slo1) channel stands alone. It is coded by a single gene (slo1 or KCNMA1), and the pore-forming  subunit has seven transmembrane segments instead of six as found in voltage-dependent K + Being activated by depolarizing voltages and cytoplasmic Ca 2+ , the BK channel is the perfect molecular machine to retar...