Health & Medicine
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Health & MedicineMany drug trials never see publication
Results of most drug trials are unreported, inaccessible to clinicians and patients, a new study confirms.
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HumansIs Your Fish Oil Polluted?
Clues to gauging the likely purity of fish-oil capsules.
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Health & MedicineBrain reorganizes to make room for math
New research suggests that, as children learn arithmetic, the brain reorganizes dramatically as it shifts from handling only estimates of quantities to attaching precise quantities to symbolic numerals.
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Health & MedicineTreat HIV-positive babies from the start
Babies who are born infected with HIV from their mothers should be treated for the virus as soon as possible, even before symptoms begin, a study finds.
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Health & MedicineMinus one gene, male mouse is Mr. Mom
The last day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offers new ideas on gender-based behavior, the genetics of creativity, the brain power of motherhood and the non-randomness of blinking.
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Health & MedicineSleep makes room for memories
Sleep erases old memories to make way for new learning
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Health & MedicineThis is the teenager’s brain on peer pressure
Research shared during the fourth day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting remained diverse: What happens in the brain when teenagers feel peer pressure, a study in mice suggesting a new way to treat depression, the best way to relearn walking after a stroke, and the long lasting effects of disrupted sleep.
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Health & MedicineGinkgo biloba fails drug test
The herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba fails to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, a large trial finds.
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PsychologyYour body is mine
Scientists have developed a technique for inducing an illusion of having swapped one’s own body with someone else’s body, providing a new means for investigating self-identity and body-image disorders.
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Health & MedicineStill crazy (in love) after all these years
A brain imaging study reveals that some people are as giddy as teenagers in love, even after two decades of marriage.
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Health & MedicineBetween men and women, dyslexia takes sides
The second day of the Society for Neuroscience meeting offers insights on dyslexia and gender, the brain on age, touch receptors under the skin and a way to reduce brain swelling after head trauma.
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Health & MedicineFeed your brain: News from neuroscience
Highlights from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting held in Washington, D.C.
By Science News