Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Shot in the gut

    A mystifying case of lead poisoning, which may have lasted more than a decade, turned out to have been caused by a swallowed shotgun pellet.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Health & Medicine

    Enzyme stopper combats cancers

    An experimental drug combination that inhibits an enzyme that's abundant in tumor cells shows promise against several cancers.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Us against Them

    New antibiotics may be valuable weapons in the fight against tougher bacteria.

    By Christen Brownlee
  4. Health & Medicine

    Star Wars Goes Organic

    A group promoting organic foods has produced its own version of Star Wars, featuring heroic produce, villainous eggs and bananas, and warnings about dangerous agricultural practices.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Insulin may trigger type 1 diabetes

    Insulin itself may precipitate the body's autoimmune attack in people with type 1 diabetes.

    By Christen Brownlee
  6. Health & Medicine

    Heartburn in Bed: Soda, sleeping pills can spoil sleep

    Nighttime acid reflux is a common condition that often goes hand-in-hand with sleep problems.

    By Ben Harder
  7. Health & Medicine

    Baby Rescue: Cord blood saves infants with rare disease

    Using umbilical cord blood, doctors can rescue babies from Krabbe's disease, a lethal enzyme deficiency that causes brain damage.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    To Fight Cataracts, It’s Fish Yea, Mayo Nay

    Which fats predominate in a person's diet may influence that individual's susceptibility to cataracts.

    By Janet Raloff
  9. Health & Medicine

    Watch and Wait, or Not: Studies weigh risks of delaying prostate surgery

    Two long-running studies of men with prostate cancer have partly clarified the risks of postponing treatment of the disease.

    By Ben Harder
  10. Health & Medicine

    Proteins’ Promise: New test could reveal early ovarian cancer

    A screening test for ovarian cancer shows promise in preliminary trials.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    Waking up that lazy eye

    Wearing an eye patch can improve vision in children with amblyopia, or lazy eye, up to age 17.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Microwavable Cancers: Heat plus radiation shrinks some tumors

    Heat along with radiation treatment shrinks some tumors faster than does radiation alone.

    By Nathan Seppa