Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Old drug may have new trick

    Parkinson’s medication helps mice with condition that mimics MS.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ portrays hunt for breast cancer genes

    Not long ago, most doctors scoffed at the idea of a “cancer gene,” as the new film shows.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Norovirus vaccine shows early progress

    Individuals immunized against Norwalk virus and another norovirus experienced less vomiting and diarrhea than those who didn't receive shots.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Medicine Nobel goes to cellular transport research

    Honor given to three scientists who discovered how machinery moves cargo around cells.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Fractals can catch cancer

    Analyzing shapes of cell borders may prove useful in cancer diagnosis.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Cellular transport research wins Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology

    Guest post by Tina Hesman Saey and Nathan Seppa.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Good bacteria from poop stop resistant infection

    Pills fashioned from beneficial microbes in feces overcome C. difficile infections.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Why women want to sniff my baby

    Tiny babies smell very, very good. So good that scientists really want to know why some women find this smell irresistible.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Altered wine chemical helps kill cancer

    Molecule brings its parent, resveratrol, into cells.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Conversations with my baby

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  11. Neuroscience

    An on-off switch for eating

    By triggering or silencing certain brain cells, scientists can get mice to feed or stop feeding regardless of hunger.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Why you should be only a little afraid to pee

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