Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Save the Brain: Study suggests new way to treat head trauma

    A compound that stimulates nerve-cell activity may help the brain recover from serious head injuries.

    By John Travis
  2. Health & Medicine

    SARS vaccine tests well in mouse model

    Scientists have developed a DNA vaccine that stops the SARS infection in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Papillomavirus infections spike in sunny months

    Getting sun could increase vulnerability to a sexually transmitted virus that may lead to cervical cancer.

    By Ben Harder
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    Exercise after breast cancer extends life

    After a woman survives an initial bout with breast cancer, being physically active improves her odds of beating the disease over the long term.

    By Ben Harder
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    A Virus Crosses Over to Wild-Animal Hunters

    A potentially dangerous virus is moving from nonhuman primates to Africans who hunt and eat wild animals, a new study suggests.

    By Edna Francisco
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    Better-Off Circumcised? Foreskin may permit HIV entry, infection

    Circumcision seems to offer partial protection against HIV infection, but not other sexually transmitted diseases.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Phthalate exposure from drugs?

    Use of an ingestible prescription drug may explain the highest blood concentration of a chemical plasticizer ever observed.

    By Ben Harder
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    All Roads Lead to RUNX

    Genetic mutations that predispose some people to the autoimmune diseases lupus, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis appear to have a common molecular feature: They derail the work of a protein, called RUNX1, that regulates how active certain genes are.

    By Ben Harder
  9. Health & Medicine

    Fishy Advice—Which Tuna Is Best for You?

    Canned light tuna is a good choice for people who want to lower their intake of mercury.

    By Edna Francisco
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    Surgical Option: Hysterectomy may top drugs for women with heavy bleeding

    Women who suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding and fail to improve on a hormone-based drug fare better if they choose hysterectomy rather than a regimen of other drugs.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Bug bites suggest new stroke drug

    Changing a human enzyme so that it resembles one from blood-sucking insects may lead to a new treatment for strokes.

    By John Travis
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    Is ‘drink plenty of fluids’ good advice?

    Definitive studies need to determine whether increasing fluid intake during respiratory infections is really a good idea, says a team of researchers.

    By Ben Harder