Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Junior moments

    A new study finds that young adults actually had more "senior moments" than did older people.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    How deep brain stimulation works for Parkinson’s

    New studies in rodents show that methods that are less invasive than deep brain stimulation may help people with Parkinson's disease regain movement.

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  3. Earth

    Vitamin E shields lungs from smog effects

    The "other" vitamin E shows promise in being able to shield the lungs and nasal passages from ozone damage.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine could protect against virus that causes birth defects

    An experimental vaccine against cytomegalovirus has the ability to prevent infection half the time it’s administered, suggesting the vaccine might prevent birth defects the virus can cause.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Ouch! Way worse than plagiarism

    Featured blog: A doctor's hospital outed him for long-standing fabrication of data in papers that served as the basis for widely respected strategies to manage pain associated with surgery.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    MicroRNAs provide telltale signature of organ rejection

    Levels of microRNAs in the blood and tissue distinguish rejected transplants from healthy tissue.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Gradual treatment of peanut allergies shows promise

    A slow and incremental introduction of peanuts into the diet helps some children overcome an allergy to the food, but it takes time and close supervision.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Scientists find a soup of suspects while probing milk’s link to cancer

    Latest studies focus on estrogens, androgens and IGF-1.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Glass

    Some mineral water appears to have been tainted prior to bottling.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Reading the patterns of spatial memories

    Researchers can tell where participants are standing in a virtual world by “seeing” memories of the journey.

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  11. Chemistry

    Bottled water may contain ‘hormones’: Plastics

    New concerns arise over the presence of hormonelike pollutants in plastic food packaging.

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  12. Tech

    Whiz Kids: The Movie

    New independent film showcases the arduous path by which extraodinary high school researchers reach the Science Talent Search competition in Washington, D.C.

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