Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    The Zero Gravity Diet

    Living in space punishes the body as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, says a new study of astronaut health and nutrition.

    By David Shiga
  2. Health & Medicine

    Inner-brain electrode may curb depression

    Deep-brain electrical stimulation has shown promise in treating severe depression.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Health & Medicine

    Measuring HIV’s Cost: Treatment adds years, but many still miss out

    Medical care for people infected with HIV has already saved about 2 million years of life in the United States, but more than 200,000 HIV-infected Americans are not benefiting from drugs that could extend their lives.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Health & Medicine

    Beer’s Well Done Benefit

    Beer may prove therapeutic for diners who prefer their meat cooked until it's well done.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    A Fishy Therapy

    Shark cartilage continues to be sold to fight cancer, even though its efficacy has not been confirmed by any major U.S. trials.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Health & Medicine

    Protein may aid stroke recovery

    Tests in mice have shown that erythropoietin, a red blood cell growth factor, can reverse brain damage caused by strokes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Cell transplants make gains versus diabetes

    Transplanting insulin-making cells from a single cadaver into people with type 1 diabetes can reverse the disease in some people.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    To Stanch the Flow: Hemophilia drug curbs brain hemorrhage

    A blood-clotting drug helps some people recover from a bleeding stroke.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Health & Medicine

    Study can’t tie EMFs to cancer

    A massive, long-term Swedish study has found no sign that occupational exposures to electromagnetic fields might trigger breast cancer in women.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Health & Medicine

    Ketone diet could help in Parkinson’s

    A strict low-carb diet long used to treat some people with epilepsy has been tailored so that it might fight Parkinson's disease.

    By Ben Harder
  11. Health & Medicine

    Multiple Sclerosis

    This Web site is an excellent starting point for anyone looking into multiple sclerosis (MS), whether as a patient, family member, doctor, researcher, or student. In addition to explaining this autoimmune disorder in detail, it offers links to sites that delve into treatments, current research, fundraising events, clinical trials of new drugs, and breaking news […]

    By Science News
  12. Health & Medicine

    Healing Gone Haywire: Wound-repair genes signal cancer spread

    An experimental test predicts which breast tumors will spread rapidly without treatment and which are likely to be less aggressive by tracking the activity of genes normally involved in mending injured tissue.

    By David Shiga