Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Calcium clue

    Excess calcium in the blood might signal an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, a new study finds.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Older, not better

    Having an older father might increase a person’s risk of developing bipolar disorder, a large population survey finds.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Candidates weigh in on biomedicine

    Obama and McCain weigh in on stem cells, federal research funding, and preventive medicine.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    A-beta on the brain

    A study of 18 comatose patients finds that as brain activity increases, concentrations of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease also increase.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Eye protection

    A variant form of a gene called TLR3 offers some protection against the eye disease known as dry macular degeneration.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    It’s all just roughage

    People at risk of the colon disorder known as diverticulitis don’t need to avoid nuts, corn and popcorn, as previously recommended.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Amniotic sac not so sacrosanct

    Infections found in amniotic fluid may be more common than thought and may cause premature birth.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Looking beyond insulin

    Leptin gene therapy reverses many of the consequences of type 1 diabetes in mice and rats.

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  9. Chemistry

    Popular plastics chemical poses further threat

    The chemical bisphenol A may raise the risk of heart attacks and type 2 diabetes by suppressing a protective hormone.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Stem cells, show your face

    As researchers develop ways of reprogramming adult cells, such as skin cells, to have the same flexibility as embryonic stem cells, this new test shows that the reprogrammed stem cells are truly capable of becoming any cell in the body.

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  11. Psychology

    World of hurt

    Treatments shown to diminish psychological problems in traumatized youngsters often don’t get used, an exhaustive research review concludes.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    How mice smell fear

    Mice may use a cluster of neurons known as the Grueneberg ganglion to detect alarm pheromones.

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