Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Heartburn drugs can damage cells that line blood vessels

    A type of heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors may damage cells that line the blood vessels. The results, though controversial, hint at an explanation for PPI’s link to serious side effects, including risk of dementia and heart attack.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Environment

    When measuring lead in water, check the temperature

    Lead contamination in drinking water can be much higher during summer than winter, new research suggests.

    By Thomas Sumner
  3. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: An anniversary, how the virus kills brain cells and more

    New weapons in the fight against Zika, how the virus shrinks minibrains, a quick paper-based test for Zika, and more in this week’s Zika Watch.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Microbes

    Leptospirosis bacterium still haunts swimming holes

    Bacterial scourges lurk in warm recreational waters.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  5. Particle Physics

    Readers ponder gravity wave physics

    Gravitational waves, the benefits of fat and more reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  6. Neuroscience

    A breakdown product, not ketamine, may ease depression

    Ketamine’s breakdown product, not the drug itself, eases depression, a mouse study suggests.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Science & Society

    Gun research faces roadblocks and a dearth of data

    Gun violence research is stifled by funding shortfalls and limitations on data access.

    By Meghan Rosen
  8. Neuroscience

    Evidence conflicts on iron’s role in Parkinson’s disease

    Experiments yield conflicting results about whether vulnerable nerve cells have too much or too little iron.

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: Haiti hit early, possible monkey hosts, and more

    A new test for Zika, how Haiti fits into the outbreak timeline, a look at monkeys that can carry the virus, and more in this week’s Zika Watch.

    By Meghan Rosen
  10. Health & Medicine

    Here’s some slim science on temper tantrums

    Scientists have mapped the structure of toddlers’ tantrums, but preventives are hard to come by.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Neuroscience

    Left brain stands guard while sleeping away from home

    Part of the left hemisphere stands sentry while the rest of the brain and body snooze.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Health & Medicine

    ‘Dirty’ mice better than lab-raised mice for studying human disease

    Dirtier mice may better mimic human immune reactions.

    By Tina Hesman Saey