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Lindsey Konkel • November 12, 2009
Pumping iron may be safe after breast cancer surgery, but doctors urge caution.
Zach Gottlieb • November 5, 2009
New insulin study may open doors for better treatment of sarcopenia.
Cassie Rodenberg • November 2, 2009
Lab studies suggest nanotech could reduce the side effects of ED and establish a new method of drug therapy.
Rachael Rettner • October 28, 2009
Newly discovered compounds can kill tuberculosis bacteria while it is in its dormant state.
Dave Levitan • October 22, 2009
Study finds limited benefit to women screened compared to those who weren’t.
Shelley DuBois • October 19, 2009
A parasite researcher from NYU is hoping to tackle African sleeping sickness in Keyna by creating genetically enhanced cows that cannot catch or transmit the disease
Lindsey Konkel • September 16, 2009
Veterinary medicine isn't just about Fido and Fifi anymore.
Allison Bond • August 17, 2009
A white blood cell known as Th-17 might play a pivotal role in autoimmune diseases from psoriasis to rheumatoid arthritis.
Rachael Rettner • August 6, 2009
The Debate Over Financial Incentives for Organ Donation
Frederik Joelving • July 16, 2009
Personality changes might result from stem cell treatment of neurologic disorders, caution scientists and philosophers at Johns Hopkins University
Frederik Joelving • July 9, 2009
Researchers struggle to produce reliable protection against the malaria parasite.
Dave Levitan • July 6, 2009
One man’s efforts to push back the new version of the HIV epidemic.
Genevra Pittman • June 26, 2009
PTSD strikes women twice as hard
Frederik Joelving • June 1, 2009
After decades of abandonment, an unlikely experimental malaria vaccine is stirring again, promising to outshine all other candidates in the pharmaceutical pipeline.
Rachael Rettner • May 29, 2009
Scientists have found that weight-loss surgery has a dramatic effect on type 2 diabetes and can even eliminate symptoms. Now, researchers are attempting to find out what is behind this diabetes “cure” and are even looking for alternative ways to mimic the surgery’s results.