Health & Medicine

  1. Neuroscience

    Antibiotics might fight Alzheimer’s plaques

    A new study found that antibiotics hit Alzheimer’s plaques in the brains of mice.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    Nail-biting and thumb-sucking may not be all bad

    Nail-biters and thumb-suckers may actually be warding off allergies by introducing germs to their mouths, a new study suggests.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Neuroscience

    New brain map most detailed yet

    By combining different types of data, researchers have drawn a new detailed map of the human brain.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Anesthesia steals consciousness in stages

    Brains regions that are synchronized when awake stop communicating as monkeys drift off.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Health & Medicine

    IVF doesn’t up long-term breast cancer risk, study says

    A Dutch study of more than 25,000 women over two decades suggests that IVF-treated women are no more likely to get breast cancer than other women.

    By Helen Thompson
  6. Health & Medicine

    No one-fits-all healthy diet exists

    Mice’s response to diet varies with their genes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Science & Society

    GM mosquitoes succeed at reducing dengue, company says

    GM mosquito releases in Brazil have helped cut dengue cases 91 percent in a year.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Health & Medicine

    First case of woman-to-man spread of Zika via sex reported

    The first known case of female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus has been reported in New York City.

    By Meghan Rosen
  9. Health & Medicine

    Exercise helps you get in shape for old age

    Exercise can fend off the effects of aging on the body and brain.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  10. Health & Medicine

    Zika epidemic peaking in Latin America

    Zika virus is burning through the population of Latin America; the epidemic will probably be over within two years, and won’t strike again for at least 10 years or more, a new analysis suggests.

    By Meghan Rosen
  11. Health & Medicine

    Risk of travelers to Olympics sparking new Zika outbreaks low

    Just four countries — Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea and Yemen — bear a substantial risk of bringing Zika virus home from the Olympics and having it spread, the CDC says.

    By Meghan Rosen
  12. Health & Medicine

    Still mysterious, aging may prove malleable

    Our editor in chief discusses the science of aging.

    By Eva Emerson