Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

Institute of Medicine takes on conflicts of interest

The Institute of Medicine seeks to divorce medical research from undue influence by the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries.

Life

Connectivity may play role in autism

Large studies of autism suggest connections between neurons are the culprit.

Health & Medicine

Swine flu outbreak likely to continue, officials say

Even as public health data on the new outbreak change daily, biological information on the mysterious virus remains scant.

Physics

Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research

Pledges for big budget increases for research, permanent tax credits for reseach by industry and more were announced today.

Health & Medicine

Obama on the swine flu epidemic

New swine flu is "cause for concern," the President acknowledged this morning.

Health & Medicine

Birth control pills can limit muscle-training gains

Mildly 'androgenic' hormones in some birth-control pills appear to sabotage strength-building exercise.

Health & Medicine

Morning birds buckle under sleep pressure

Sleep pressure helps set the circadian clocks of early birds and night owls.

Humans

ED in women: Drugs for men might not help

Women can experience sexual dysfunction just as men can — and for much the same reason — but the little blue pill will likely not solve the problem, new animal data suggest.

Chemistry

Yeast bred to bear artificial vanilla

Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.

Animals

Ants do real estate the simple way

Tracking ants with anti-shoplifter RFID tags has inspired a new, simplified view of how a colony finds a home

Health & Medicine

Mom’s exercise helps fetal lungs mature

Cardiovascular exercise appears to benefit both mom and the baby she's carrying.

Agriculture

News from Experimental Biology

Senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from the 2009 meeting gathering dozens of societies together in New Orleans