Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

‘Diabetes Belt’ outlined

The Deep South and Appalachia show a high prevalence linked to obesity, poor educational achievement and a sedentary lifestyle, a study shows. 

Health & Medicine

Stretchy electronics aid heart surgery

New balloon catheters may help cardiologists treat common cardiac problems.

Health & Medicine

Alpha wave may affect sleep quality

A type of brain activity once considered diagnostic of wakefulness persists during slumber, and the more intense it is the more easily a person can be jolted awake.

Earth

Low sperm counts linked to fetal effects

Low male fertility may partly stem from chemical exposures in utero, an anatomical study suggests.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

Ibuprofen may help fend off Parkinson’s, plus bone boosters and smokers’ brains in this week’s news.

Life

Good gene type for cancer bad for stroke

A DNA variant that helps prevent tumors may diminish the brain’s recovery after an interruption in blood supply.

Health & Medicine

Half of adult males carry HPV

Human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted pathogen that can cause cancer, shows up often in men and lingers for months, a study shows.

Earth

PCBs may impair fertility

A study of women undergoing in vitro fertilization finds reduced embryo implantation among women with higher levels of one type of the banned chemicals.

Health & Medicine

How brains guesstimate

Experiments show how the human mind lowballs moving objects’ speed when information is lacking.

Health & Medicine

Memories Can’t Wait

Researchers rethink the role of amyloid in causing Alzheimer’s

Chemistry

Mad cow-type diseases lie in wait

Prion infections build quickly in the brain then pause before killing, new research suggests.

Health & Medicine

News in brief: Body & Brain

Baby's first bites make a big impression, and so do European biomedical journals, in this week's news.