Health & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
Protein’s destructive journey in brain may cause Parkinson’s
Clumps of alpha-synuclein move through dopamine-producing cells, mouse study finds.
- Life
Ebola may go airborne
Infected pigs can transmit virus to primates without contact, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Infant stress linked to teen brain changes
Girls, but not boys, showed later changes in brain regions that regulate emotions.
- Health & Medicine
Highlights from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, November 3-7
Multivitamins may not reduce heart attacks, two drugs could protect heart from chemo damage, and more.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Your brain on speed dating
Activity in two regions helps calculate compatibility with potential mates.
- Health & Medicine
Statin substitutes go beyond drawing board
A new generation of cholesterol-lowering drugs might help people who can’t take the usual pills or who don’t benefit adequately from them.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Heart bypass surgery outperforms stents in diabetics
Among patients getting multiple coronary blockages cleared, those assigned to surgery fared better.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
by David K. Randall.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Monkeys keep the beat without outside help
Nerve cells in the brain may regulate a precise sense of internal time-keeping.
- Health & Medicine
Smoking laws limit heart attacks
A county that banned smoking in bars, restaurants and other workplaces saw a one-third decrease, a new study finds.
By Nathan Seppa -
- Health & Medicine
Same neurons at work in sleep and under anesthesia
Drugs boost activity in nerve cells that usually induce a slumber.