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3-D mammograms are popular, but are they better than 2-D?

The use of digital breast tomosynthesis, a newer breast cancer screening technology with limited evidence, has risen in recent years.

By Aimee Cunningham | 12:09pm, June 24, 2019

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Biomedicine

News | Biomedicine

Gut microbes might help elite athletes boost their physical performance

By Carolyn Wilke | 11:00am, June 24, 2019

Feature | Biomedicine

New approaches may help solve the Lyme disease diagnosis dilemma

By Laura Beil | 7:00am, June 23, 2019

News | Biomedicine

Gut bacteria may change the way many drugs work in the body

By Maria Temming | 11:00am, June 03, 2019
Cancer

News in Brief | Cancer

Almost all healthy people harbor patches of mutated cells

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, June 06, 2019

News | Cancer

Eating a lot of fiber could improve some cancer treatments

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:32pm, March 01, 2019

Feature | Cancer

Vitamin D supplements aren’t living up to their hype

By Laura Beil | 6:00am, January 27, 2019
Clinical Trials

News | Clinical Trials

A gut bacteria transplant may not help you lose weight

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05am, May 09, 2019

Feature | Clinical Trials

When anxiety happens as early as preschool, treatments can help

By Sujata Gupta | 6:00am, April 21, 2019

News | Clinical Trials

Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis

By Maria Temming | 2:01pm, March 27, 2019
Health

News in Brief | Health

Rotavirus vaccines may lower kids’ chances of getting type 1 diabetes

By Aimee Cunningham | 10:45am, June 18, 2019

News | Health

Norovirus close-ups might help fight stomach flu

By Tina Hesman Saey | 10:00am, June 17, 2019

News in Brief | Health

Bats are the main cause of rare rabies deaths in the U.S.

By Carolyn Wilke | 1:14pm, June 12, 2019
Human Development

News | Human Development

Medicaid expansion may help shrink health gaps between black and white babies

By Sujata Gupta | 11:05am, April 23, 2019

News | Human Development

The learning gap between rich and poor students hasn’t changed in decades

By Sujata Gupta | 10:11am, March 19, 2019

News | Human Development

Why it’s key to identify preschoolers with anxiety and depression

By Sujata Gupta | 7:00am, February 03, 2019
Mental Health

News | Mental Health

Why war’s emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, April 28, 2019

News | Mental Health

People with stress disorders like PTSD are at higher risk of heart disease

By Maanvi Singh | 7:00am, April 16, 2019

50 Years Ago | Mental Health

50 years ago, drug abuse was higher among physicians than the public

By Jeremy Rehm | 7:00am, March 28, 2019
Neuroscience

News in Brief | Neuroscience

Mice and bats’ brains sync up as they interact with their own kind

By Laura Sanders | 11:00am, June 20, 2019

News | Neuroscience

Female rats face sex bias too

By Bethany Brookshire | 8:00am, June 18, 2019

News | Neuroscience

Extra fingers, often seen as useless, can offer major dexterity advantages

By Laura Sanders | 7:00am, June 12, 2019
Nutrition

50 Years Ago | Nutrition

50 years ago, people thought MSG caused ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’

By Allie Wilkinson | 7:00am, February 28, 2019

The Science Life | Nutrition

This scientist watches meat rot to decipher the Neandertal diet

By Laurel Hamers | 6:00am, January 02, 2019

News | Nutrition

Coffee or tea? Your preference may be written in your DNA

By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, November 15, 2018

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