Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    How Advertising Is Becoming Child’s Play

    Food manufacturers are embracing new media to market their products directly to children.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Freeing Up the Flow: Clearing neck-artery blockage diminishes signs of depression in elderly

    Propping open a clogged carotid artery may ease symptoms of depression in elderly people.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Side Effect Revealed: Heart risk found in leukemia drug

    The remarkably successful cancer drug imatinib might cause heart failure in some patients.

    By Eric Jaffe
  4. Health & Medicine

    Obesity correlates with psychiatric disorders

    Obese adults are 25 percent more likely than normal-weight adults to develop one of four mood or anxiety disorders.

    By Eric Jaffe
  5. Health & Medicine

    Device spots sponges left behind

    A device that uses radiofrequency identification can detect tagged sponges left in patients undergoing surgery.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision could avert millions of HIV infections

    Mass circumcision of boys and men in sub-Saharan Africa could avert 2.7 million new cases of HIV infection over the next decade.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Big Headache: Auras may add risk to migraines

    Women who experience migraines that are preceded by sensory irregularities face a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    Ingredient might prevent sexually transmitted disease

    A seaweed derivative that's commonly added to many consumer products as a thickening agent can inhibit the virus that causes cervical cancer and genital warts.

    By Christen Brownlee
  9. Health & Medicine

    Statins might lower risk of cataracts

    Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might slow the formation of certain types of cataracts in the eye.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Health & Medicine

    Keep on Going: Busy seniors live longer, more proof that it pays to stay active

    Healthy elderly people who burn a lot of calories each day may be gaining extra years of life.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    In utero factors shape responses to stress, sugar

    Abnormal conditions during pregnancy can lead in unexpected ways to physiological problems in children once they reach adulthood.

    By Ben Harder
  12. Health & Medicine

    Thyroid-hormone mimic lowers LDL

    A compound in a new class of potential anti-cholesterol drugs has passed an early test in people.

    By Ben Harder