Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Experimental type 1 diabetes treatment shows promise

    Findings in a small group of patients hint that a DNA-based therapy might work, but the effects fade after treatment stops.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    No link found between vaccines and nerve-damaging condition

    Recently immunized people are not at an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a nerve-damaging condition.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    A wobble of the noggin reveals the workings of the heart

    Pulse can be measured by examining a video of subtle head motions.

    By Meghan Rosen
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    Paralyzed rats relearn to pee

    Bladder control restored for the first time in animals with stark spinal cord damage.

    By Meghan Rosen
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    Some infertile men have heightened cancer risk

    Those who don’t make sperm are more likely than fertile men to develop a malignancy.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Human brain mapped in 3-D with high resolution

    “BigBrain” model, the most detailed atlas yet, could improve brain scanning tools and neurosurgeons’ navigation.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Health & Medicine

    Ebola thwarted in mice by drugs for infertility, cancer

    Extensive search of existing medicines turns up two that seem to fend off deadly virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Even if science can’t make life longer, perhaps a pill can make a long life better

    To live long and prosper (physically, not financially), you’d probably rather take a pill than starve yourself. So far, though, most of the evidence says very-low-calorie diets are the best strategy for living a longer life. At least if you’re a worm or a fly. It hasn’t been established that less food means a longer […]

    By Tom Siegfried
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    DSM-5 enters the diagnostic fray

    Fifth edition of the widely used psychiatric manual focuses attention on how mental disorders should be defined.

    By Bruce Bower
  10. Health & Medicine

    Balloon Clears Arteries

    Excerpt from the June 29, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

    By Science News
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    Headers linked to memory deficit in soccer players

    Abnormalities in three brain regions found among those who head the ball most frequently.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Talk therapy helps Congolese victims of sexual violence recover

    Groups sessions using a cognitive processing approach work better than individual support counseling, a study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa