Health & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
Brain stents pose risks
Devices to prop open narrowed vessels appear to raise the risk of death or stroke compared with medicines alone, a study finds.
- Chemistry
If that’s a TV, this must be the den
In some situations, the brain identifies a location based on a checklist of objects.
- Health & Medicine
Obesity can turn body fat toxic
Excess blubber below the skin can trigger inflammation, possibly increasing risk of disease.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news
- Health & Medicine
Saffron takes on cancer
The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.
- Humans
Willpower endures
A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.
- Life
Genes may explain who gets sick from flu
People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Antibiotics fight breathing ailments, cat-loving rats and more in this week’s news.
- Health & Medicine
Studies shed light on Ebola’s M.O.
New findings reveal a key step in how the deadly virus infects cells — and identify compounds that may thwart it.
- Life
Antidepressants show signs of countering Alzheimer’s
Human brain scans and mice data link serotonin-boosting drugs with reduced plaque density.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Leukemia gene therapy, the brain tickle of beautiful voices and more in this week's news.
- Health & Medicine
Blacks far less likely than whites to land NIH grants
Among minority scientists applying for National Institutes of Health research grants, blacks alone face a substantially lower likelihood of being successful than whites, a new study finds. This investigation, which was prompted by the research agency itself, will catalyze further probes and a host of changes, promises NIH director Francis Collins.
