Health & Medicine

  1. Humans

    AAAS: Climate-friendly fish

    Many intangibles determine how big — or small — the carbon footprint is of that fish you're thinking about eating.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    MRSA has its day in the sun

    Beachgoers may be exposed to antibiotic-resistant microbe strain in sea and sand, but there appears to be no link to infection.

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  3. Earth

    AAAS: Climate-friendly dining … meats

    The carbon footprints of raising livestock for food.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Beta-blockers erase emotion of fearful memories

    Beta blockers could change the way emotional memories are stored, a finding which could help people suffering from anxiety disorders

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  5. Humans

    AAAS: March of the Hungry Penguins

    Patagonian penguins have become sentinels of climate change and human impacts on the marine world.

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  6. Humans

    Kissing chemistry

    Unlocking the secrets of the lip-lock.

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  7. Agriculture

    AAAS: Stress Can Make Plants More Nutritious

    People who aren't veggie lovers might want to seek out types of produce that deliver an especially big nutrient bang for the gram.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Sequencing virus genome to cure the common cold

    The genomes of all known common cold viruses have been sequenced, providing new information on how the different strains are related, how they replicate and how to predict their virulence.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Bigger rewards boost tobacco quit rate

    Smokers who are offered several hundred dollars are three times as likely to quit as those offered no reward.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    A better test for prostate cancer

    Elevated urine concentrations of a compound called sarcosine in men with prostate cancer may signal an aggressive malignancy.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Postpartum psychosis most likely in month after childbirth

    Mothers who develop postpartum psychosis are at greatest risk during the first month after childbirth, and even mothers with no previous history of mental illness could develop the condition

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Electronic Records: A Way to Stretch Nurses

    Cost savings are perhaps not even the primary benefit of the White House proposal for national electronic medical recordkeeping.

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