Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    NO News

    Preliminary research suggests that inhaled nitric oxide may offer a much-needed treatment for patients suffering from complications of sickle cell disease.

    By Damaris Christensen
  2. Health & Medicine

    New Compounds Inhibit HIV in Lab

    Two new compounds uncovered by pharmaceutical scientists block integrase, an enzyme essential to the replication cycle of the virus that causes AIDS.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Meaty receptor helps tongue savor flavor

    Scientists have identified a receptor protein in taste buds that recognizes the flavor of monosodium glutamate.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Health & Medicine

    Poor glucose metabolism risks clots

    Excess concentrations of insulin in the blood may hamper the body's ability to break down blood clots efficiently.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Firm nears completion of human genome

    Celera Genomics announced that it has sequenced 90 percent of the human genome and claimed it has found about 97 percent of all human genes.

    By John Travis
  6. Health & Medicine

    Impotence high after prostate removal

    Roughly 60 percent of men who have a cancerous prostate gland removed are subsequently impotent.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Survivors’ Benefit?

    Smallpox outbreaks throughout history may have endowed some people with genetic mutations that make them resistant to the AIDS virus.

    By John Travis
  8. Health & Medicine

    Oxygen limits infections from surgery

    Giving patients extra oxygen during and shortly after colorectal surgery halves the incidence of infection.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Health & Medicine

    Boning Up

    Biologists have discovered a mechanism for communication between two types of bone cell, and they're exploring the possible bone-growth-stimulating effect of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.

    By John Travis
  10. Health & Medicine

    Nerve cells of ALS patients harbor virus

    Fragments of viral genetic material show up with unusually high frequency in nerve tissue of patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, suggesting a link between the virus and this lethal illness.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    The salmon that went moo

    People allergic to milk products could face potentially life-threatening risks by eating casein-treated fish.

    By Janet Raloff
  12. Health & Medicine

    This roe’s got a fish-E surprise

    Scientists discovered a potent, new form of vitamin E, an antioxidant, in fish adapted for life in cold water.

    By Janet Raloff