Health & Medicine
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Health & MedicineStatins versus dementia
Statins, developed to fight cholesterol, may also prevent some dementia, a study of older Hispanics finds.
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Health & MedicineA chink in flu’s armor
Finding the shape of a protein that enables the flu virus to replicate points to ways to combat the disease.
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Health & MedicineProtein links metabolism and circadian rhythms
Scientists have known for ages that metabolism is tied to the body’s daily rhythms. Two new studies suggest how.
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Health & MedicineNew HIV inhibitor
A new HIV drug can, when combined with other therapies, suppress even the most drug-resistant strains of the virus that causes AIDS, scientists report in two papers in the July 24 New England Journal of Medicine.
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Health & MedicineStatin snag
A gene variant explains why some people get muscle pains from cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.
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Health & MedicineViagra and women
Viagra eases some sexual problems for women taking antidepressants
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Health & MedicineThe Woman Who Can’t Forget
Jill Price, Simon & Schuster, 2008, 263 p., $26.
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Health & MedicineThe Handy Anatomy Answer Book
Naomi E. Balaban and James E. Bobick, Visible Ink Press, 2008, 376 p., $21.95.
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Health & MedicineMapQuest for the mouse spinal cord
The Allen Institute for Brain Science unveils an online atlas of the mouse spinal cord. The atlas is a tool for researchers studying spinal cord injury, disease and development.
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Health & MedicineInsightful Light
Raman spectroscopy may offer doctors, dentists and forensic scientists a better tool for molecular detection.
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Health & MedicineFinding the Golden Genes
Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case.
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Health & MedicineX-ray vision
A new imaging technique could give scientists unprecedented views into cells and other objects at the nanoscale.