Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Statins defend against fungus-caused sepsis

    Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might reduce the risk of dying from sepsis triggered by a fungal infection.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Novel approach fights leprosy

    An antibiotic typically used to fight sinus infections shows remarkable potency against leprosy.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Warming Up to Hyperthermia

    By notching up a tumor's temperature a few degrees, scientists are boosting the power of radiation, chemotherapy, and cancer vaccines.

    By Christen Brownlee
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    Improving the View: Treatment reverses macular degeneration

    People with the eye disease known as macular degeneration now have a better-than-average prospect of recovering some vision, thanks to a new drug that takes a lesson from an anticancer strategy.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Cigarettes and lead linked to attention disorder

    Nearly half a million cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among U.S. children are related to exposures to lead or their mothers' smoking while pregnant.

    By Ben Harder
  6. Health & Medicine

    Bad Alzheimer’s proteins sow disorder in the brain

    Alzheimer's disease may start with a single abnormal protein that spoils other proteins nearby.

    By Christen Brownlee
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    Mixed Bag: Islet-cell transplants offer good and bad news

    Most people who've received transplanted islet cells for type 1 diabetes still need daily insulin shots, but the transplanted cells curb blood sugar crashes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    The Bad Fight: Immune systems harmed 1918 flu patients

    The 1918 Spanish flu virus may have launched an intense immune attack that devastated patients' lungs.

    By Christen Brownlee
  9. Health & Medicine

    UV Blocker: Lotion yields protective tan in fair-skinned mice

    A lotion that stimulates production of the skin pigment melanin induces a deep tan in specially bred laboratory mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Health & Medicine

    Graveyard Shift: Prostate cancer linked to rotating work schedule

    Men who alternate between daytime and nighttime shifts on their jobs have triple the normal rate of prostate cancer, according to a Japanese nationwide study.

    By Ben Harder
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    Shingles shot’s value is uncertain

    The cost-effectiveness of a new vaccine against shingles remains uncertain, making it difficult to assess whether adults should routinely receive the shot.

    By Ben Harder
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    Progestin linked to hearing loss in older women

    Elderly women who received progestin as part of hormone replacement therapy have poorer hearing than do women who didn't get progestin.

    By Nathan Seppa