Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Underactive thyroid ups pregnancy risks

    Several complications are more common in women with the condition, including gestational diabetes and cesarean births.

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  2. Life

    Response to bacterial infection depends on time of day

    Mice that got Salmonella in the evening fared better than those given the microbe in the morning.

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  3. Life

    A molecular window on itch

    Researchers discover chemical puppet master behind the need to scratch.

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  4. Psychology

    Less is more for smart perception

    Neural efficiency reigns in brains of high-IQ individuals as they view their surroundings, a new study indicates.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    “Draw” body by sound

    Science Past from the issue of June 1, 1963.

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  6. Chemistry

    Sweet Confusion

    Does high fructose corn syrup deserve such a bad rap?

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  7. Life

    Body’s clock linked to depression

    Gene activity in the brain suggests that circadian rhythms are off-kilter in people with depression.

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  8. Life

    Gut bacteria adapt to life in bladder

    E. coli moving between systems may cause urinary tract infections.

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  9. Psychology

    Brain training technique gets a critique

    In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Black women may have highest multiple sclerosis rates

    Large study counters common assumption that whites get MS more.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Highlights from the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

    Highlights from the pediatrics meeting held May 4-7 in Washington, D.C., include adolescent suicide risk and access to guns, a reason to let preemies get more umbilical cord blood and teens' cognitive dissonance on football concussions.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Gulp

    Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach.

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