Health & Medicine
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LifeBody’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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LifeGut bacteria adapt to life in bladder
E. coli moving between systems may cause urinary tract infections.
By Meghan Rosen -
PsychologyBrain training technique gets a critique
In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat.
By Bruce Bower -
Health & MedicineBlack women may have highest multiple sclerosis rates
Large study counters common assumption that whites get MS more.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & MedicineHighlights 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.
By Nathan Seppa -
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Health & MedicineAllergy, asthma less frequent in foreign-born kids in U.S.
But protection from some immune conditions fades after a decade, a study finds.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & MedicineBrain measurements predict math progress with tutoring
The size and connections of a brain structure associated with memory formation predicted learning ability in 8- and 9-year-old children.
By Meghan Rosen -
Health & MedicineHIV vaccine trial stopped
Shots-plus-booster strategy deemed ineffective in preventing infection.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & MedicineHookah smoking delivers carcinogens and carbon monoxide
Water pipes deliver carcinogens, nicotine and carbon monoxide to the user, a study finds.
By Nathan Seppa