Health & Medicine

  1. Tech

    Plans fizzled for nuclear-powered artificial heart

    In 1965, researchers saw a nuclear-powered heart in the future.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Health & Medicine

    Prospective Crohn’s drug yields high rate of remission

    An experimental Crohn’s disease drug triggers a high remission rate in patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    For heart repair, call RNA

    Mice regrow muscle cells after heart attacks if injected with molecules mimicking RNA involved in cell growth.

    By Kate Baggaley
  4. Health & Medicine

    Aspirin, other painkillers may not reduce colorectal cancer risk for everybody

    Aspirin and NSAIDs appear widely protective against colorectal cancer, but not for everyone.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    In babies, turning down inflammation soothes the hurt

    Babies don’t feel nerve pain because their immune systems tamp down inflammation.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Health & Medicine

    Rise in measles cases predicted in Ebola-stricken areas

    Disruptions in vaccination campaigns in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak could lead to as many as 16,000 deaths from measles in the coming months.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Life

    For healthy eating, timing matters

    Limiting eating times improves heart function in fruit flies.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Life

    Chickens to blame for spread of latest deadly bird flu

    Chickens are responsible for the second wave of H7N9 bird flu in China.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Health & Medicine

    Teens have higher anaphylaxis risk than younger kids

    Adolescents may be more apt to experience an extreme allergic reaction than younger children, researchers report.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Life

    Experimental herpes vaccine works in mice

    An experimental herpes vaccine works in animal tests by using an approach starkly different from that used in previous vaccine development.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    Arsenic spurs adaptation in Argentinian villagers

    The people of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina, have genetic adaptations that may help them efficiently get rid of arsenic, a new study shows.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  12. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis E vaccine shows strong coverage

    A large trial in China indicates that a vaccine can provide 87 percent protection against the hepatitis E virus, which infects 20 million people a year.

    By Nathan Seppa