Humans

  1. Humans

    The long, wild ride of bipolar disorder

    The first long-term study of its kind finds that bipolar disorder identified in children often persists into young adulthood and involves frequent, intense swings between manic euphoria and depression.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries

    Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Humans

    Genetic link to dyslexia

    Scientists studying a large group of British children find a link between a DNA sequence that contains a gene involved in brain development and a range of reading problems, including dyslexia.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Health & Medicine

    Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine

    Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Chemistry

    Trapping Compact Fluorescents’ Toxic Gas

    New nanomaterials may offer a solution to mopping up a toxic pollutant associated with fluorescent lighting.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Chemistry

    Oops! A Fluorescent Light Breaks

    Toxic mercury will be released whenever a fluorescent lamp breaks.

    By Janet Raloff
  7. Chemistry

    Fluorescent bulbs offer mercury advantage

    Featured blog: Switching to light bulbs that contain mercury might, surprisingly, reduce overall mercury releases to the environment. Plus, what to do when you break your fluorescent bulb.

    By Janet Raloff
  8. Health & Medicine

    Don’t forget diet composition

    Caloric restriction, an antiaging technique, fails to lower levels of IGF-1, a growth factor that, in high amounts, is linked to cancer in humans. But cutting protein along with calories does decrease IGF-1.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Health & Medicine

    On Following the Money

    Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Health & Medicine

    Pregnancy curiosity

    Asian-Caucasian couples having children face slightly increased risks of pregnancy complications.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    You Choose: Vioxx vs Rofecoxib

    Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.

    By Janet Raloff
  12. Health & Medicine

    Anthrax vaccine makeover

    Revamped anthrax vaccination regimen eases some side effects that have hampered the vaccine’s acceptance.

    By Nathan Seppa