Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Vaccine knocks down diarrhea cases, a flag for mortality risk and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Brain stents pose risks

    Devices to prop open narrowed vessels appear to raise the risk of death or stroke compared with medicines alone, a study finds.

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  3. Chemistry

    If that’s a TV, this must be the den

    In some situations, the brain identifies a location based on a checklist of objects.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Obesity can turn body fat toxic

    Excess blubber below the skin can trigger inflammation, possibly increasing risk of disease.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Saffron takes on cancer

    The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.

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  7. Humans

    Willpower endures

    A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.

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  8. Life

    Genes may explain who gets sick from flu

    People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Antibiotics fight breathing ailments, cat-loving rats and more in this week’s news.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Studies shed light on Ebola’s M.O.

    New findings reveal a key step in how the deadly virus infects cells — and identify compounds that may thwart it.

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  11. Life

    Antidepressants show signs of countering Alzheimer’s

    Human brain scans and mice data link serotonin-boosting drugs with reduced plaque density.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Leukemia gene therapy, the brain tickle of beautiful voices and more in this week's news.

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