Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Antidepressant drugs show link to diabetes
People taking antidepressant medication might be at increased risk of developing diabetes.
- Health & Medicine
New drugs reduce blood sugar
Two experimental drugs can lower blood sugar significantly in people with type 2 diabetes.
- Health & Medicine
Glucosamine isn’t at fault
The popular dietary supplement glucosamine doesn't cause insulin resistance, the precursor of type 2 diabetes.
- Health & Medicine
Coffee protects against alcoholic cirrhosis
A sobering cup of coffee could provide protection against cirrhosis, a liver-scarring disease common in alcoholics.
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- Health & Medicine
Wasting Away: Prozac loses promise as anorexia nervosa fighter
Although often prescribed for people with anorexia nervosa, the popular antidepressant medication Prozac offers no better protection against the potentially fatal eating disorder than placebo pills do.
- Health & Medicine
Next Line of Defense: New drugs take on resistant leukemia
Two experimental drugs stop many cases of chronic myeloid leukemia that are resistant to the drug imatinib (Gleevec).
- Humans
Letters from the June 17, 2006, issue of Science News
Cuts on the bias After taking some of the bias tests, I am very skeptical (“The Bias Finders: A test of unconscious attitudes polarizes psychologists,” SN: 4/22/06, p. 250). Since the major tool is speed of reaction, and since my eyes are not too good now, the results were very curious and probably totally unreliable: […]
- Health & Medicine
Inactivity, not altitude, is probably behind blood clots
Low cabin pressure aboard aircraft is not to blame for the rare but dangerous blood clots that some passengers get during long flights.
- Anthropology
Variety spices up Neandertals’ DNA
A surprising amount of genetic diversity characterized Neandertals.
- Health & Medicine
Chocolate as Sunscreen
A small study in women suggests that a cocoa drink rich in flavonoids made their skin look better and protected it from ultraviolet-light damage.
- Humans
From the June 6, 1936, issue
Young robins ready to solo, threats from space, and molecule models.
