Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Mummies reveal hardened arteries

    Mummy studies suggest heart disease is an ancient malady, not just the product of modern diets and sedentary lifestyles.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Seven facts and a mystery about hand, foot and mouth disease

    Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral illness that most kids get before age 5. Several different viruses cause the condition, which causes blisters and fevers.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Neuroscience

    Part of brain’s pleasure network curbed in mice with chronic pain

    Part of brain’s pleasure network is muffled in mice with chronic paw injuries, a new study finds.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Fist bumps spread fewer bacteria than handshakes

    Fist bumping spreads far fewer bacteria than a handshake or a high five, a new study shows.

    By Science News Staff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Resistance to key malaria drug spreads

    Parasites that are less susceptible to artemisinin now affect several Asian countries.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis E widespread among English blood donors

    Screening of 225,000 blood donations reveals a high prevalence of the hepatitis E virus.

    By Science News Staff
  7. Health & Medicine

    Boot camp bug

    Adenoviruses, which cause respiratory illnesses including some colds, plague boot camps.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  8. Genetics

    Gene activity change can produce cancer

    Scientists have long thought that epigenetic changes, which alter gene activity, can cause cancer. Now they have demonstrated it in a mouse experiment.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Health & Medicine

    Long-term Parkinson’s treatment sheds bad rep

    Prolonged used of levodopa doesn’t increase the severity of side effects from the Parkinson’s drug, new research shows.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Health & Medicine

    Tests hint at trouble with pairing cystic fibrosis drugs

    Combining two types of cystic fibrosis drugs may cancel out the benefits of one of the medications.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Health & Medicine

    Babies’ brains practice words long before they can speak

    When listening to speech, babies’ brains are active in motor areas required for moving the mouth and tongue in ways that produce words.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Genetics

    Airborne MERS virus found in Saudi Arabian camel barn

    The air in a Saudi Arabian camel barn holds genetic fragments of MERS, a new study shows.

    By Ashley Yeager