Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    What leech gut bacteria can tell us about drug resistance

    A bacteria found in leeches becomes drug resistant after only a small exposure to common antibiotics.

    By Leah Rosenbaum
  2. Health & Medicine

    Pediatricians warn against chemical additives in food for kids

    Common food additives found in meats, plastic packaging or metal cans may contain chemicals that harm children’s health.

    By Leah Rosenbaum
  3. Health & Medicine

    How a variation on Botox could be used to treat pain

    Drugs that incorporate modified botulinum toxin provide long-term pain relief, a study in mice finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    ‘The Poisoned City’ chronicles Flint’s water crisis

    A new book examines how lead ended up in Flint’s water and resulted in a prolonged public health disaster.

    By Cassie Martin
  5. Health & Medicine

    Publicity over a memory test Trump took could skew its results

    Many media outlets reporting on President Trump’s cognitive assessment test could make it harder for doctors to use the exam to spot dementia.

    By Leah Rosenbaum
  6. Health & Medicine

    The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep

    Sleep deprivation may speed up development of Alzheimer’s disease.

    By Laura Beil
  7. Neuroscience

    Pregnancy depression is on the rise, a survey suggests

    Women today may be at greater risk of depression during pregnancy than previous generations.

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Health & Medicine

    Scared of heights? This new VR therapy could help

    Virtual reality may be good training ground for facing your fears in real life.

    By Maria Temming
  9. Health & Medicine

    Cancer cells engineered with CRISPR slay their own kin

    Scientists can program the stealth cells to die before creating new tumors.

    By Laurel Hamers
  10. Science & Society

    In research, detours are a key part of discovery

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the scientific process and the often contradictory research about Alzheimer's disease.

    By Nancy Shute
  11. Health & Medicine

    Air pollution is triggering diabetes in 3.2 million people each year

    A new study quantifies the link between smoggy air and diabetes.

    By Laurel Hamers
  12. Health & Medicine

    No matter their size, newborn stomachs need frequent filling

    Studies on newborn stomach size help explain why the tiny humans need to eat so frequently.

    By Laura Sanders