Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Inherited Burden? Early menarche in moms tied to obesity in kids

    Women who reach puberty at an early age are more likely to have children who are overweight.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    No heart risk from hormones taken near menopause

    Contrary to some earlier indications, hormone replacement therapy might not impart heart risks to women who take it during their 50s.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Tenacious STD: Drug-resistant gonorrhea is spreading

    Responding to a surge in tough-to-treat gonorrhea, the CDC has stopped recommending Cipro-class antibiotics for the disease.

    By Brian Vastag
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    Visual Clarity: People with MS maintain eyesight with drug

    A drug for multiple sclerosis seems to prevent subtle vision loss in many patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Diet for a Noisy Planet

    Oral doses of a combination of certain antioxidants and magnesium can significantly limit the risk of noise-induced hearing loss, an animal study finds.

    By Janet Raloff
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    Cinnamon and Diabetes—Disease Type Appears to Matter

    Cinnamon isn't the answer for teens with the autoimmune form of diabetes.

    By Janet Raloff
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    Agents of Metastasis: Four proteins conspire in breast cancer spread

    Four proteins work together to assist cancer growth and metastasis, and drugs against them inhibit both processes, tests in mice suggest.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    Bug versus Bug: Insect virus makes a viable flu vaccine

    A new influenza vaccine churned out by caterpillar cells infected with a genetically engineered virus effectively prevents the flu.

    By Brian Vastag
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    New agent to spy clogged arteries

    To improve the detection of harmful arterial plaques, researchers have modeled a nanoparticle on a natural material: good cholesterol.

    By Janet Raloff
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    Even outdoors, generators pose risks

    Portable electricity generators are frequently the culprit in domestic carbon monoxide poisonings—even when the devices sit outside the home.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Health & Medicine

    Augmenting the good cholesterol

    A reconstituted version of good cholesterol may lessen the amount of plaque that accumulates in arteries and render existing plaque less dangerous.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Drug-Resistant Flu Detected: Japanese strains appear transmissible

    For the first time, researchers report drug resistance in type B influenza virus and say the drug-resistant strain may jump from person to person.

    By Brian Vastag