Nathan Seppa

Biomedical Writer (retired September 2015)

All Stories by Nathan Seppa

  1. Health & Medicine

    Problem Paternity: Older men seem more apt to have autistic kids

    Children born to fathers who are age 40 or older have an increased risk of developing autism.

  2. Health & Medicine

    Head to Head: Brain implants are better for Parkinson’s patients

    Parkinson's patients who get electrodes surgically implanted in their brains regain some muscle control and have improved quality of life.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Origins of Ache: Immune proteins may yield chronic-pain clues

    People with chronic pain that has no underlying disease have low concentrations of proteins in the cytokine family that restrain inflammation.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Need for Speed: Faster-acting tuberculosis drugs now in testing would limit deaths

    Drugs that take only 2 months to cure tuberculosis instead of the usual 6 months could prevent millions of TB infections and deaths.

  5. Health & Medicine

    Freeing Up the Flow: Clearing neck-artery blockage diminishes signs of depression in elderly

    Propping open a clogged carotid artery may ease symptoms of depression in elderly people.

  6. Health & Medicine

    Device spots sponges left behind

    A device that uses radiofrequency identification can detect tagged sponges left in patients undergoing surgery.

  7. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision could avert millions of HIV infections

    Mass circumcision of boys and men in sub-Saharan Africa could avert 2.7 million new cases of HIV infection over the next decade.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Big Headache: Auras may add risk to migraines

    Women who experience migraines that are preceded by sensory irregularities face a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke.

  9. Health & Medicine

    Statins might lower risk of cataracts

    Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might slow the formation of certain types of cataracts in the eye.

  10. Health & Medicine

    Keep on Going: Busy seniors live longer, more proof that it pays to stay active

    Healthy elderly people who burn a lot of calories each day may be gaining extra years of life.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Mad cow disease might linger longer

    A rare but deadly human illness spread by cannibalism has an incubation period in some individuals of about 4 decades.

  12. Health & Medicine

    Salmonella may join fight against cancer

    Salmonella modified to remove its virulence works as a cancer vaccine, tests in mice show.