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- Health & Medicine
Right combination of malaria drugs?
Children in Uganda who contract malaria recover faster with a drug based on artemisinin, derived from Chinese wormwood, than with a longstanding medical remedy.
- Health & Medicine
Nutrients linked to brain lesions
The more calcium and vitamin D elderly individuals consume, the greater the number and size of lesions that show up in their brains.
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Mental letdown for antipsychotic meds
People with chronic schizophrenia get surprisingly modest improvements in memory and learning from new as well as old antipsychotic medications.
- Earth
Storm Norms: Caribbean corals and sediments yield clues to hurricane frequency
The recent increase in hurricane activity in the North Atlantic, a phenomenon that some scientists blame on climate change, actually reflects a return to normal after a lull in the 1970s and 1980s.
