Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    When preventing HIV, bacteria in the vagina matter

    Vaginal bacteria affect how well microbicide gels used to prevent HIV work.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, antibiotic resistance alarms went unheeded

    Scientists have worried about antibiotic resistance for decades.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  3. Health & Medicine

    Babies categorize colors the same way adults do

    Babies divide hues into five categories, much like adults, a result that suggests color categorization is built into the brain.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Some topics call for science reporting from many angles

    There’s heartbreak in this issue. Science News investigates different facets of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  5. Health & Medicine

    For babies exposed to opioids in the womb, parents may be the best medicine

    A surge in opioid-exposed newborns has U.S. doctors revamping treatments and focusing on families.

    By Meghan Rosen
  6. Health & Medicine

    Researchers stumble onto a new role for breast cancer drug

    At first, ophthalmologist Xu Wang thought her experiment had failed. But instead, she revealed a new role for the breast cancer drug tamoxifen — protection from eye injury.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  7. Health & Medicine

    The opioid epidemic spurs a search for new, safer painkillers

    Today’s opioids stop pain — but they’re also dangerous. Scientists are hunting for replacements.

    By Laurel Hamers
  8. Health & Medicine

    New test may improve pancreatic cancer diagnoses

    Blood test that detects five tumor proteins may someday help doctors better screen for pancreatic cancer.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  9. Health & Medicine

    Drugs for reflux disease in infants may come with unintended consequences

    Infants prescribed proton-pump inhibitors for reflux disease may be at higher risk for broken bones later on.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Health & Medicine

    Older adults may not benefit from taking statins

    Statins did not reduce heart attacks, coronary heart disease deaths or deaths from any cause in people age 65 and older, a new analysis finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Health & Medicine

    40 more ‘intelligence’ genes found

    A study of nearly 80,000 people turns up 40 genes that may have a role in making brains smarter.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Health & Medicine

    Even short-term opioid use can set people up for addiction risks

    A study of opioid prescriptions for sprained ankles finds that patients prescribed 30 or more pills are more likely to seek refills.

    By Laura Beil
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