Health & Medicine
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Forecasting system predicts peaks in flu outbreaks
A real-time forecasting system has accurately predicted the peak flu cases up to nine weeks before the outbreak.
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TV linked with brain changes in kids
A new study of Japanese children gives more reasons not to park kids in front of the tube.
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Cancer vaccine in near future foreseen
Excerpt from the December 21, 1963 issue of SCIENCE NEWS LETTER.
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Compounds defeat malaria at every step
Experimental drugs are first to kill all stages of the parasite’s infection cycle.
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Simple dietary supplements could help stave off AIDS
Many people newly infected with HIV stayed healthy on regimen involving multivitamins and selenium.
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Thalidomide treats Crohn’s disease
Study of children with the inflammatory bowel disorder raises possibility of new use for tainted drug.
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Chilling body doesn’t stop bacterial infection
Lowering the body temperature of individuals with severe bacterial meningitis may not help to improve patients’ health and could do more harm than good.
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Starting exercise late in life still helps with aging
Becoming and staying active as an older individual can lead to a more years without long-term health conditions.
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Whooping cough vaccine may still allow some level of infection
Animal tests show pertussis shots stave off symptoms but allow spread of the bacteria.
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Drug use on the rise in older set
The use of illicit drugs has declined slightly over the last decade among teens but is growing more common in people over age 50.
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Experiments in pasta
In discovery mode, babies gather every bit of information they can about the world around them.
