Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries

    Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine

    Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Don’t forget diet composition

    Caloric restriction, an antiaging technique, fails to lower levels of IGF-1, a growth factor that, in high amounts, is linked to cancer in humans. But cutting protein along with calories does decrease IGF-1.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    On Following the Money

    Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Pregnancy curiosity

    Asian-Caucasian couples having children face slightly increased risks of pregnancy complications.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    You Choose: Vioxx vs Rofecoxib

    Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Anthrax vaccine makeover

    Revamped anthrax vaccination regimen eases some side effects that have hampered the vaccine’s acceptance.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Moms: One Solution to Tainted Milk

    Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Investing in Health: Ouch!

    Investments in health, one of the largest segments of the U.S. economy, have been stagnating — and could be poised to actually take a big hit.

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  10. Earth

    Let’s Get Vertical

    City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out.

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  11. Chemistry

    Obama’s brain trust

    Featured blog: Sixty-one Nobel laureates sign a letter explaining why they support Barack Obama's run for the presidency.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    The Foreign Drug Trade

    Chances are you haven't a clue where your medicines come from.

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