Health & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
19th International AIDS Conference
Highlights from the AIDS meeting, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.
- Health & Medicine
19th International AIDS Conference
Highlights from the AIDS meeting, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.
- Humans
Top airports for spreading germs ID’d
Major hubs with far-flung flights are most efficient at launching pandemics.
- Health & Medicine
News Briefs: Body & Brain
How deaf people process other senses, a gene variant that protects against Alzheimer's, and special cells that wrap and feed neural extensions
- Health & Medicine
Cartilage Creation
New joint tissue could keep people moving, reducing need for knee or hip replacements.
- Health & Medicine
The Brain Set Free
Lifting neural constraints could turn back time, making way for youthful flexibility.
- Health & Medicine
Ecstasy may cause memory problems
New users of club drug do worse than nonusers on one recall test.
- Health & Medicine
Male circumcision tied to lower HIV prevalence
Clinical programs in eastern and southern Africa also seem to be changing people’s views on the operation.
- Earth
Night lights may foster depression
In animals, chronic dim light triggers brain changes that disappear with the return of nightlong darkness.
- Health & Medicine
Sperm analyzed, one by one
A close look at the sex cell’s DNA reveals basic molecular processes.
- Health & Medicine
Egg in tiny doses curbs allergy
Giving allergic kids minuscule bits of problem food and gradually increasing it over many months wipes out reactions in some, a study finds.
- Tech
FDA bans BPA in baby bottles, cups
From now on, U.S. manufacturers may no longer produce polycarbonate baby bottles and sippy cups (for toddlers) if the clear plastic had been manufactured from bisphenol A, a hormone-mimicking compound. Long-awaited, the announcement is anything but a bold gesture. The Obama administration decided to lock this barn door after the cow had died.
