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  1. Health & Medicine

    Dextrose rub helps newborns with low blood sugar

    Massaging the sugary gel into babies’ mouths may lessen the need for intravenous infusions of glucose, a study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Life

    Killer cells trained on leukemia may protect some people

    Immune system seems to remember cancer in people who've never had it, a new study suggests.

    By Jessica Shugart
  3. Neuroscience

    Scented naps can dissipate fears

    People unlearned an odor's unpleasant accompaniment when they smelled it in their sleep.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Home births more risky than hospital deliveries

    Babies born at home are more likely to lack pulse after five minutes.