Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Most football players who donated their brains to science had traumatic injury

    A self-selected sample of 202 deceased football players, the largest to date, finds that the majority suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    Add penis bacteria to the list of HIV risk factors

    Certain bacteria found on the penis raise the risk of HIV infection, a new study finds.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Health & Medicine

    Baby-led weaning won’t necessarily ward off extra weight

    Babies allowed to feed themselves gained similar amounts of weight as babies spoon-fed by caretakers.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Cows produce powerful HIV antibodies

    For the first time in any animal, researchers elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. Cows’ antibodies could help with drug development.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  5. Health & Medicine

    Common drugs help reverse signs of fetal alcohol syndrome in rats

    A thyroid hormone and a blood sugar drug affect levels of a hormone needed for brain development, study in rats shows.

    By Laurel Hamers
  6. Life

    These bacteria may egg on colon cancer

    Streptococcus gallolyticus may goad colon cancer growth.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Health & Medicine

    The fight against gonorrhea gets a potential new weapon: a vaccine

    A vaccine used in New Zealand to curb meningitis also appeared to drop gonorrhea infections, results that hint at a way to make a gonorrhea vaccine.

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Health & Medicine

    Drinking sugary beverages in pregnancy linked to kids’ later weight gain

    Consuming sugary drinks while pregnant may mean kids are heavier when they reach elementary school age.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  9. Health & Medicine

    Here’s how a child sees a Van Gogh painting

    Children’s eyes are drawn to vivid, bright and bold parts of Van Gogh paintings. But they can shift their viewing strategies with a little prompting, a new study suggests.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Health & Medicine

    Getting a flu ‘shot’ could soon be as easy as sticking on a Band-Aid

    Microneedle patches may make home-based vaccination a reality.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Science & Society

    Latest stats are just a start in preventing gun injuries in kids

    New stats on firearm deaths and injuries are disturbing, but the picture to make policy is far from complete, researchers say.

    By Ashley Yeager
  12. Health & Medicine

    When should babies sleep in their own rooms?

    A new study offers support to sleep-starved parents by suggesting that babies age 6 months and older sleep longer when in their own bedroom.

    By Laura Sanders