Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Marrow transplant for child with leukemia cures allergy

    A bone marrow transplant rid one child of his blood cancer and also an immune reaction to peanuts.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    More evidence that bilingualism delays dementia

    Speaking a second language could keep the brain sharp longer, even among people who can't read, a new study suggests.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    The future of the robotic leg

    While robotic legs have come incredibly far, the next step, integrating the function into the rest of the body, still has a way to go.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Monkeys control two arms in virtual reality

    A new brain-computer interface has enabled movement of two virtual limbs at the same time.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Autism may be detectable in baby’s first months of life

    Infants later diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder lose tendency to gaze at others’ eyes during first half-year, researchers find.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Knee ligament gets a closer look

    Surgeons have done a detailed study of a band of fibrous tissue along the front side of the joint.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Feedback

    Readers response to seeing sadness’ sunny side.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Waiting to exhale

    Scientists sift through the chemical potpourri that escapes our lungs for new ways to diagnose disease.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Exercise seems to limit bad falls in elderly

    Regular exercise might limit broken bones due to bad falls in elderly people.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Evidence mounts for bat origins of SARS

    New viruses in the mammals closely match the human form of the infection.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Mice lose the blues quickly with experimental drug

    Studies in mice point to new, fast-acting antidepressants.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Antibodies show progress against HIV

    Proteins suppress disease in monkeys, but don’t cure it.

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