News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Endurance cycling tied to lasting heart damage

    Former professional bicyclers have signs of heart problems nearly 4 decades after competing in grueling endurance events.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    New drug fights heart failure

    The experimental drug levosimendin, in combination with standard drugs, eases heart failure symptoms better than standard drugs alone do.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Marrow cells boost ailing hearts

    Extracting cells from a heart attack patient's bone marrow and then inserting them into the person's heart via a catheter can improve pumping capacity.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Earth

    Antibiotics afield

    Antibiotics shed by livestock in manure can end up in crops or bound to soil, where they can foster disease-resistant germs.