Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Scary data about bum medical diagnoses

    Doctors' misdiagnoses are frequently misdiagnosed — at least before it's too late.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Parasites hinder immunity against cholera

    Harboring intestinal parasites seems to limit a person’s ability to fend off cholera, a new study conducted in Bangladesh shows.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Autism immerses 2-year-olds in a synchronized world

    By age 2, kids with autism focus on synchronized physical events, such as a person’s moving lips accompanied by sounds, rather than on eye movements and other social cues, a new study suggests.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    How herpes re-rears its ugly head

    Researchers identify a key player in the reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Gestures speak volumes in the brain

    A new brain-imaging study suggests that an understanding of spoken language relies on changing sets of brain networks that exploit acoustic and visual cues.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision fends off the most common STDs

    Male circumcision prevents some genital herpes and human papillomavirus infections, a study in Ugandan adolescent boys and men shows.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Licorice may interfere with certain drugs

    Studies in rats suggest that the active compound in licorice root can promote or hinder the availability of certain drugs.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Early anesthesia may hinder kids’ learning

    Young children who get general anesthesia more than once before age 4 may be at increased risk of developing a learning disability later in childhood, a new study finds.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Tired brain defaults differently

    Sleep deprivation may cause the brain to switch to default mode when it should be paying attention.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Junior moments

    A new study finds that young adults actually had more "senior moments" than did older people.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    How deep brain stimulation works for Parkinson’s

    New studies in rodents show that methods that are less invasive than deep brain stimulation may help people with Parkinson's disease regain movement.

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  12. Earth

    Vitamin E shields lungs from smog effects

    The "other" vitamin E shows promise in being able to shield the lungs and nasal passages from ozone damage.

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