Health & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Staving off cartilage damage, a better weapon against sleeping sickness and more in this week's news.
- Health & Medicine
NSAIDs may be risky early in pregnancy
Women who take common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during the first trimester could be endangering fetus, a study finds.
- Life
A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier
Researchers working with rodents have found a drug that can temporarily open a door for treatments.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Vaccine knocks down diarrhea cases, a flag for mortality risk and more in this week’s news.
- 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.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Obesity can turn body fat toxic
Excess blubber below the skin can trigger inflammation, possibly increasing risk of disease.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news
- Health & Medicine
Saffron takes on cancer
The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.
- Humans
Willpower endures
A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Antibiotics fight breathing ailments, cat-loving rats and more in this week’s news.
