Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    The rest of your DNA

    Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Animals

    By a whisker

    Hardly a fad: Some facial hair serves important functions, scientists find.

    By Sharon Pochron
  3. Animals

    Monkeys’ mistake detector

    Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.

    By Roberta Kwok
  4. Microbes

    Surprising rabies resistance

    Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Health & Medicine

    Bye-bye, egg allergy

    Eating tiny amounts of eggs helps some children overcome their egg allergy.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Health & Medicine

    Tomatoes’ tasteless green gene

    The tomatoes your great-grandparents ate probably tasted little like the ones you eat today.

    By Roberta Kwok
  7. Health & Medicine

    Kids with ‘adult’ problems

    Nationwide survey shows that children are headed toward serious health problems related to excess weight.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Brain

    Sweets on the brain

    Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Health & Medicine

    Paralyzed rats walk again

    Treatment helps animals recover from spinal cord injuries.

    By Roberta Kwok
  10. Health & Medicine

    Switching cough off

    Researchers find possible solution to the nagging problem of how to curb a cough.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Health & Medicine

    Meat from scratch

    Scientists are working to produce meat without killing animals.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Health & Medicine

    Losing control over sugar

    A common pollutant and sweetener mess with important hormones.

    By Stephen Ornes