Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Marijuana use among pregnant women is rising, and so are concerns

    Pediatricians are urging caution as data show more pregnant women are using marijuana. More research is urgently needed on the drug’s effects during pregnancy.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, a pessimistic view for heart transplants

    Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967. In 1968, he predicted that patients would survive five years at best. Fortunately, he was wrong.

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    Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

    Kids born from reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization are susceptible to high blood pressure as adolescents, a small study finds.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    CRISPR gene editing relieves muscular dystrophy symptoms in dogs

    Scientists have used CRISPR’s molecular scissors in beagle puppies to repair a genetic mutation that causes muscular dystrophy.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Officials raise Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria to nearly 3,000 people

    Nearly 3,000 Puerto Ricans died due to Hurricane Maria as of February 2018, according to a new report.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    The United States and Brazil top the list of nations with the most gun deaths

    Globally, the estimated number of gun deaths due to homicides, suicides and unintentional injuries went up from 1990 to 2016.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    As algae blooms increase, scientists seek better ways to predict these toxic tides

    Scientists around the United States are developing programs that can predict harmful algal blooms in advance.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Air pollution is shaving a year off our average life expectancy

    The first country-by-country look at how dirty air affects when we die shows it can have more impact on mortality than breast or lung cancer.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    There’s a new cervical cancer screening option

    Women now have another choice for cervical cancer screening: getting an HPV test alone every five years.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Cancer drugs may help the liver recover from common painkiller overdoses

    Experimental anticancer drugs may help the liver recover after acetaminophen poisoning.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    A resurrected gene may protect elephants from cancer

    Researchers have found another gene that may play a role in explaining elephants’ cancer resistance.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Strange brains offer a glimpse into the mind

    A close look at unusual brains offers a way to understand how the human mind is constructed, two new books argue.

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