Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Vitamins don’t alter cancer risk

    Taking supplemental folate and other B vitamins doesn’t raise or lower the risk of cancer in women.

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  2. Chemistry

    From Aerators to Rust — New Lead Risks

    Rusty water and other unusual sources of toxic risks in home drinking water.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A sugar helps E. coli go down

    Some harmful strains of E. coli might rely on something sweet to do harm.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Malaria takes on the top meds

    Malaria is thwarting frontline drugs called artemisinins in Cambodia.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Fungal meningitis spreads in Pacific Northwest

    A fungus called Cryptococcus gattii that causes meningitis is slowly making its way down the North American West Coast.

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  6. Tech

    Bias, quakes and viruses, oh my!

    Researchers present findings at the annual New Horizons in Science meeting.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Earlier HIV treatment can save more lives

    Moving up the starting point for HIV treatment leads to improved survival rates.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    About McCain’s Melanoma

    The Republican presidential hopeful faces a small but lingering risk of cancer recurrence.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Stopping rotavirus before it hits

    A vaccine against rotavirus shows potent protection against the diarrhea-causing pathogen in its first year of widespread use.

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  10. Science & Society

    It’s time for addiction science to supersede stigma

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  11. Chemistry

    Nicotine’s new appeal

    Mimicking the addictive compound’s action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia.

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  12. Earth

    The Case for Very Hot Water

    Turning down the thermostat on a home's water heater could foster the growth of toxic bacteria in home plumbing.

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