Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Unknowns about Zika virus continue to frustrate

    As worry about the Zika virus outbreak continues to ratchet up, scientists are scrambling to understand what threats the virus poses and how to stop it from spreading.

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  2. Environment

    Vaping linked to host of new health risks

    Animal studies and analyses of gene activity point to broad range of potential new health risks from vaping affecting everything from sperm to heart and immunity to mental health.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    The best advice on Zika virus and pregnancy is to know the unknowns

    There are some practical steps pregnant women and women who want to be pregnant can take to minimize risk of Zika virus infection.

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  4. Life

    Images probe artery-hardening plaques

    Zooming in on hardened arteries shows researchers which plaques pose heart attack risks.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Cancer drug’s usefulness against Alzheimer’s disputed

    A preliminary report questions the anti-Alzheimer’s activity of a cancer-fighting drug.

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  6. Psychology

    Don’t blame winter for that bleak mood

    Contrary to popular opinion, depression doesn’t spike in winter, survey finds.

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  7. Tech

    Pill measures gut gas

    A gas-sensing ingestible capsule tested in pigs could someday help doctors assess people’s gastrointestinal health.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Mouse study offers clues to brain’s response to concussions

    The brain needs time to recover between head hits, a study in mice suggests.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    WHO declares international emergency for cases linked to Zika virus

    The recent spate of birth defects and neurological disorders linked to Zika virus infection constitutes an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared February 1.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Immune system gene leads to schizophrenia clue

    Excessive snipping of nerve cell connections may contribute to schizophrenia.

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  11. Tech

    Tracking health is no sweat with new device

    New all-in-one electronic device can detect and analyze your temperature and four chemicals in your sweat.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Monkeys with human gene show signs of autism

    Genetically altered monkeys may help scientists understand autism.

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