Health & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
Nicotine’s role in SIDS
New study in rats explains how smoke exposure may increase risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
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- Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer linked to herbicides
Featured blog: Some weed killers may need to be treated with more respect.
- Chemistry
Deadly mushroom toxin exposed
Researchers have isolated and identified a muscle-destroying compound in some mushrooms.
- Health & Medicine
NFL heart profile good, with a caveat
Football players have higher blood pressure on average, new study finds.
- Humans
Hand tools can pose cardiovascular risks
Research homes in on how high frequency vibrations from power tools exert damage to blood vessels in the hands.
- Health & Medicine
Industry attempts to influence medical care
A new survey takes a national look at academic medical researchers' ties to industry and their vulnerability to undue influence.
- Health & Medicine
Sensitivity to alcohol connected with alcoholism risk
People for whom alcohol has little effect face a greater risk of developing alcoholism than those who get drunk easily.
- Health & Medicine
Neurons take a break during stage 2 sleep
Electrical markers associated with stage 2 sleep indicate downtime for neurons.
- Health & Medicine
Air pollution makes chromosomes look older
Traffic exhaust appears to shorten telomeres, a sign of cellular aging.
- Health & Medicine
How Down syndrome works against cancer
A surplus of cancer-suppressing protein encoded by a gene on an extra copy of chromosome 21 may explain in part why people with Down syndrome seldom get cancer.
- Health & Medicine
Undiagnosed diabetes is costly
A new study quantifies the number of Americans who don't realize they have diabetes — and the costs they pay to deal with it.
