Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Pay attention to that under-the-weather feeling

    People can forecast their likelihood of catching colds by rating their own health, study shows.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Virus spread by mosquitoes linked to rare birth defect

    In addition to fever, rash and vomiting, Zika virus may cause rare birth defect.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Pregnancy hormone could keep multiple sclerosis at bay

    A small trial hints that pregnancy hormone can reduce MS flare-ups.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Taking antiviral drug ‘on demand’ can guard against HIV

    The antiviral drug Truvada taken before and after sex cuts HIV transmission rates.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Taking antiviral drug ‘on demand’ guards against HIV

    The antiviral drug Truvada taken before and after sex cuts HIV transmission rates.

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  6. Microbes

    Gut microbes signal when dinner is done

    Helpful E. coli bacteria that live in the guts of animals produce proteins that can decrease an animal’s appetite only 20 minutes after receiving nutrients

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Having parasites can boost fertility

    Infection with parasitic worms tinkers with fertility.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    A good diet for you may be bad for me

    Eating the same foods can produce very different reactions in people.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Engineered vocal cords show promise in animal tests

    Lab-grown vocal cord tissue could lead the way to better treatments for people with vocal problems

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  10. Health & Medicine

    When selenium is scarce, brain battles testes for it

    In competition for selenium, testes draw the nutrient away from the brain.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Study brews up more evidence for coffee’s health benefits

    Drinking up to five cups of coffee a day reduced the risk of dying early from heart and brain diseases and suicide.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Study brews up more evidence for coffee’s health benefits

    Drinking up to five cups of coffee a day reduced the risk of dying early from heart and brain diseases and suicide.

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