Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Epilepsy drug might harm fetuses

    Young children born to women who took the drug valproate for epilepsy during pregnancy have lower IQ scores, on average, than children whose moms used a different antiepilepsy medication.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Hypoglycemia linked to dementia

    Episodes of low blood sugar that require medical attention seem to increase a person’s risk of developing dementia in old age, a study in people with type 2 diabetes shows.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Touch and sight push each other around

    When the fingers feel downward motion, the eyes see upward motion.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Coming: Hard tax on soft drinks?

    Some health-policy analysts believe sweetened beverages should be taxed to discourage over-consumption.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    The other, friendly fat

    Brown fat is active in adult humans and could help keep people lean.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Acid reflux link to asthma now in doubt

    Heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors, commonly prescribed for asthma patients, don’t prevent breathing attacks.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Pet-ty injuries

    Pooch underfoot? It's all too common.

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  8. Life

    Primate vision puts pieces together

    Study suggests nerve cells in retinas create an intricate system of interlocking receptive fields.

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  9. Chemistry

    Leaden blood hikes granny’s heart risks

    Featured blog: Even low concentrations of lead circulating in blood may pose lethal heart risks, a new study finds.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Sleep may clear the decks for next day’s learning

    Two separate studies suggest that sleep reduces connections between neurons in fruit flies’ brains.

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  11. Life

    Cells renew in the human heart

    Carbon 14 from Cold War–era nuclear bomb tests allowed researchers to track cell birth.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    HPV screen beats Pap smear

    A test for human papillomavirus outperforms the standard Pap smear in catching precancerous cervical lesions, a study of women age 30 and over shows.

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