Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Antiviral drug may limit herpes spread
In people with genital herpes, the drug famciclovir sharply reduces virus shedding from the genitalia.
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Do acid blockers let microbes reach the colon?
Suppressing stomach acid while taking antibiotics may allow drug-resistant bacteria to colonize the intestines.
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Letters from the October 21, 2006, issue of Science News
Fish story? To argue that the concentrations reported in “Macho Moms: Perchlorate pollutant masculinizes fish” (SN: 8/12/06, p. 99) are environmentally relevant is misleading. Those concentrations are usually in groundwater, not surface waters. I’ve been involved in the environmental field for almost 20 years and have yet to hear of any fish being caught in […]
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Olive Oil’s Newfound Benefits
New studies find benefits in olive oil beyond their heart-friendly fats.
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From the October 10, 1936, issue
The inner beauty of leaves, a better treatment for pneumonia, and alcohol fuel for cars.
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Life Blood: Drug stops mothers’ bleeding after births
A drug sometimes used to induce abortions can stem bleeding after childbirth.
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Smoke Out: Bartenders’ lungs appreciate ban
Pub workers in Scotland breathed easier and showed better respiratory health shortly after a nationwide ban on smoking inside public spaces went into effect.
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Letters from the October 14, 2006, issue of Science News
Name game “Named medical trials garner extra attention” (SN: 8/5/06, p. 93), I think, has it backwards. It’s not that labeled trials are more likely to be funded. Rather, well-funded, large trials are more likely to be named. We research chemists label only the important projects. The name makes the project easier to track and […]
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Many infections tied to medical settings
More than one-fourth of skin or muscle infections that require hospitalization originate from microbes acquired in a clinic, hospital, or other medical-care setting.
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Statins defend against fungus-caused sepsis
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might reduce the risk of dying from sepsis triggered by a fungal infection.
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Novel approach fights leprosy
An antibiotic typically used to fight sinus infections shows remarkable potency against leprosy.
- Health & Medicine
Warming Up to Hyperthermia
By notching up a tumor's temperature a few degrees, scientists are boosting the power of radiation, chemotherapy, and cancer vaccines.
