Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Medicine in the News
This Web site from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serves as a clearinghouse for timely medical information. It provides news stories, along with “teaching brief” articles that aim to help clinicians and consumers understand the implications of new discoveries and developments in the medical world. Go to: http://www.medpagetoday.com/
- Health & Medicine
Ancient Wisdom: Chinese extract may yield diabetes treatment
A plant extract used in traditional Chinese medicine could form the basis for new treatments for type 2 diabetes.
- Health & Medicine
Homegrown Defender: Urinary infections face natural guard
Specialized peptides produced by cells lining the urinary tract stand guard as the first line of defense against bacterial infection.
- Health & Medicine
Can supplements nix kidney stones?
The majority of commercially available probiotic supplements don't degrade the compound that forms kidney stones.
- Health & Medicine
Dive suits could spread disease
Divers' wetsuits can harbor bacteria that cause diseases in coral and people.
- Humans
Letters from the June 10, 2006, issue of Science News
Know the drill Could it be that the ancient teeth discovered with drill marks but no signs of fillings (“Mystery Drilling: Ancient teeth endured dental procedures,” SN: 4/8/06, p. 213) were drilled to relieve abscesses? On a long holiday weekend years ago, a dentist opened and drained an abscess for me until I could get […]
- Health & Medicine
For women, weight gain spells heartburn
A study of more than 10,000 women suggests that weight gain is associated with heartburn.
- Health & Medicine
Has Early Programming Sealed These Animals’ Fate?
Surprising data from harbor seals indicate that nutrition prior to weaning may permanently set growth rates in the animals.
