Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    How to Wash Up in the Wilderness

    Many campers who wash their dishes in the wilderness use methods that don't consistently remove all bacteria.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Health & Medicine

    Origins of Ache: Immune proteins may yield chronic-pain clues

    People with chronic pain that has no underlying disease have low concentrations of proteins in the cytokine family that restrain inflammation.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Fewer Drugs, Same Outcome: Simpler HIV regimens are effective

    In two studies, AIDS clinicians found that standard three-drug regimens fight HIV as well as four-drug treatments do, and that a single drug might maintain a patient's health once the virus is suppressed.

    By Eric Jaffe
  4. Health & Medicine

    The Screen Team

    New and experimental methods of screening for colorectal cancer that patients find less unpleasant than current tests could take a bite out of the malignancy's toll.

    By Ben Harder
  5. Health & Medicine

    Juice May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth (with recipe)

    Compounds in pomegranate juice show promise in curbing the growth of prostate cancer.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Health & Medicine

    Total Recall: Drug shows long-lasting boosts of memory in rats

    Research in rats shows that an experimental drug completely regenerates parts of the brain crucial to forming memories.

    By Eric Jaffe
  7. Health & Medicine

    Need for Speed: Faster-acting tuberculosis drugs now in testing would limit deaths

    Drugs that take only 2 months to cure tuberculosis instead of the usual 6 months could prevent millions of TB infections and deaths.

    By Nathan Seppa
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    Scientists find midnight-snack center in brain

    Researchers have tracked down the location of a body clock that appears to be regulated by food.

    By Christen Brownlee
  9. Health & Medicine

    Blood sugar and spice

    Eating cayenne pepper with meals may mitigate a hormonal response to food that's linked to diabetes.

    By Ben Harder
  10. Health & Medicine

    Drug rescues cells that age too fast

    A new drug shows promise toward correcting the accelerated cellular aging typical of Werner syndrome.

    By Janet Raloff
  11. 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
  12. 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