Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Parenting advice gets a fact-check

    A new website called Parentifact attempts to fight parenting misinformation.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Luhan Yang strives to make pig organs safe for human transplants

    A bold approach to genome editing by biologist Luhan Yang could alleviate the shortage of organs and ease human suffering.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Six in seven contact lens wearers take unnecessary risks with their eyes

    A lot of contact wearers are not practicing healthy habits with their lenses, a national survey finds.

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  4. Life

    Body clock mechanics wins U.S. trio the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

    The cellular mechanisms governing circadian rhythms was a Nobel Prize‒winning discover for three Americans.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Seeing an adult struggle before succeeding inspires toddlers to persevere too

    When 15-month-olds watched an adult struggle and then succeed, the toddlers were more likely to try harder themselves, a study found.

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  6. Genetics

    A mutation may explain the sudden rise in birth defects from Zika

    A mutation in a protein that helps Zika exit cells may play a big role in microcephaly.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    About 1 in 5 teens has had a concussion

    Almost 20 percent of U.S. teens have had at least one diagnosed concussion in the past, an analysis of a 2016 national survey finds.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    About 1 in 5 teens has had a concussion

    Almost 20 percent of U.S. teens have had at least one diagnosed concussion in the past, an analysis of a 2016 national survey finds.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    From day one, a frog’s developing brain is calling the shots

    Frog brains help organize muscle and nerve patterns early in development.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Telling children they’re smart could tempt them to cheat

    Kids who were praised for being smart were more likely to cheat, two studies suggest.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    By ganging up, HIV antibodies may defeat the virus

    A duo or trio of powerful antibodies was effective at stopping an HIV-like infection in lab monkeys, two studies find.

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  12. Environment

    The list of diseases linked to air pollution is growing

    Air pollution levels have come down since the 1970s, but smog is being linked with a growing list of diseases, including dementia, obesity, diabetes and even Parkinson’s.

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