Health & Medicine

  1. 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

    By Chris Samoray
  2. Health & Medicine

    When selenium is scarce, brain battles testes for it

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

    By Laura Sanders
  3. 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.

    By Teresa Shipley Feldhausen
  4. 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.

    By Teresa Shipley Feldhausen
  5. Genetics

    New catalog of human genetic variation could improve diagnosis

    Study of human protein-coding variation reveals which genes are more likely to be involved in genetic diseases.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Health & Medicine

    Chilly cages may skew disease studies in lab mice

    Mice studies on diet and human disease might be marred by stress of cold temperatures in their cages.

    By Chris Samoray
  7. Neuroscience

    Viva vagus: Wandering nerve could lead to range of therapies

    Researchers are testing ways to stimulate the vagus nerve to treat a slew of ailments.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  8. Health & Medicine

    Putting the big chill on cryotherapy

    Evidence is lacking for whole-body cryotherapy as a treatment for muscle soreness.

    By Meghan Rosen
  9. Health & Medicine

    Signs of cardiac disease start early in obese children

    Worrisome changes to the heart that are associated with obesity can appear in childhood, a new MRI study shows.

    By Laura Beil
  10. Health & Medicine

    Blood-brain barrier jiggled loose to deliver medicine

    Using ultrasounds, doctors attempted to slip a chemotherapy drug into a woman’s brain through the blood-brain barrier.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Health & Medicine

    Blood-brain barrier jiggled loose to deliver medicine

    Using ultrasounds, doctors attempted to slip a chemotherapy drug into a woman’s brain through the blood-brain barrier.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Health & Medicine

    Cardiac risks rise for linemen during football season

    Linemen on a football team face raised cardiac risk over the course of a season, a study of college players shows.

    By Laura Beil