Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Experimental drug boosts HDL counts

    An experimental drug can dramatically increase blood concentrations of high-density lipoprotein, the beneficial cholesterol.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    CT scan no match for colonoscopy

    Colonoscopy is better at detecting potentially dangerous colon polyps than computed tomography scanning is.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Coffee, Spices, Wine

    Several dietary agents, including coffee, wine, and cinnamon, appear to restore some of the body's responsiveness to insulin, potentially slowing diabetes' onset or ravages.

    By Janet Raloff
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    Zapping Wayward Cells: Therapy sheds light on transplant complication

    Ultraviolet light can curb graft-versus-host disease, a common complication of bone marrow transplants, a study of mice shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Gene ups oral-cancer risk for drinkers who smoke

    People who have a particular variant of a single gene are at a disproportionate risk of oral cancer if they both smoke and drink.

    By Ben Harder
  6. Health & Medicine

    When It’s No Longer Baby Fat

    Increasingly, children are plump by the time they enter school, and they get fatter as they grow.

    By Janet Raloff
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    Categorizing Cancers: Gene activity predicts leukemia outcome

    By dividing acute myeloid leukemia into subtypes on the basis of which genes are abnormally active in a given patient, doctors may be able to predict outcomes and make better treatment decisions.

    By Ben Harder
  8. Health & Medicine

    Slimmer Ticks, Less Disease: Tick-semen protein is potential vaccine

    An antitick vaccine using a protein that causes female ticks to engorge on blood may control tick populations, a new study suggests.

    By Edna Francisco
  9. Health & Medicine

    Drug for preemies linked to problems

    A steroidal drug used to combat lung inflammation in premature infants appears to have long-term negative effects.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Health & Medicine

    A drug to stop diabetes’ onset?

    Individuals susceptible to developing type 1 diabetes may find hope in a vaccinelike drug that is showing promise in mouse studies.

    By Alexandra Goho
  11. Health & Medicine

    Stronger Proof That Trans Fats Are Bad

    New evidence confirms that eating lots of trans fats can lead to heart problems.

    By Edna Francisco
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    Double-Edged Drugs: Anti-inflammatories’ cancer effects vary by brand and tissue type

    New research on anti-inflammatory medications being investigated as cancer treatments indicates that some of these drugs have secondary effects that could enhance or undermine their antitumor activity.

    By Ben Harder