Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Triggering autoimmune assaults

    Mouth bacteria unleash inflammation-inducing protein

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Micro-strokes mimic Alzheimer’s Disease

    Microscopic drops in blood flow to the brain may cause half of all dementia cases, a new study finds.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Two drinks a day might increase breast cancer risk

    Two or more alcoholic drinks a day can increase the risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, new research suggests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Tandem Attack

    By attaching a tumor-suppressing protein to a harmless compound, scientists can kill cancer cells in a mouse model.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Asperger’s syndrome may not lead to lack of empathy

    People with high-functioning autism respond to others' pain, two studies show.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Life

    Pockets of Poor Health

    The trend towards longer life expectancy plateaued or reversed in some parts of the U.S., a new study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    New approach might strike at the core of Alzheimer’s disease

    By anchoring an enzyme-inhibiting molecule to a cell membrane, researchers have designed a potential skeleton for a new Alzheimer's treatment.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Life

    Rest in peace nanobacteria, you were not alive after all

    New studies bid a fond farewell to nanobacteria -- the extremely tiny “microorganisms” that have sparked controversy and may cause disease.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Health & Medicine

    Six-legged Arthritis Relief

    Here's a novel health food I learned about this morning--one that could be free for the gleaning right outside your front door (especially if you live in China). Warning: You have to be quick or it will get away.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Health & Medicine

    Stem Cell Snag: Implanted cells may show signs of Parkinson’s

    After as many as 16 years, nerve cells transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients still thrive, but some show signs of acquiring the disease.

    By Patrick Barry
  11. Health & Medicine

    Virus Reprise: Mumps outbreak in 2006 was largest in 20 years

    Mumps infected more than 6,500 people in the United States in 2006, the largest outbreak in 20 years.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Body and Brain: Possible link between inflammation and bipolar disorder

    Inflammatory genes create a signature for bipolar disorder in some people.

    By Tina Hesman Saey