Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Slimmer Ticks, Less Disease: Tick-semen protein is potential vaccine

    An antitick vaccine using a protein that causes female ticks to engorge on blood may control tick populations, a new study suggests.

    By Edna Francisco
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    Drug for preemies linked to problems

    A steroidal drug used to combat lung inflammation in premature infants appears to have long-term negative effects.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    A drug to stop diabetes’ onset?

    Individuals susceptible to developing type 1 diabetes may find hope in a vaccinelike drug that is showing promise in mouse studies.

    By Alexandra Goho
  4. Health & Medicine

    Stronger Proof That Trans Fats Are Bad

    New evidence confirms that eating lots of trans fats can lead to heart problems.

    By Edna Francisco
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    Double-Edged Drugs: Anti-inflammatories’ cancer effects vary by brand and tissue type

    New research on anti-inflammatory medications being investigated as cancer treatments indicates that some of these drugs have secondary effects that could enhance or undermine their antitumor activity.

    By Ben Harder
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    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
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    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
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    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