Behavior
How to Shift Anti-Transgender Attitudes
A new study shows that door-to-door “deep canvassing” conversations can change real voters’ attitudes to be more tolerant
Stories by Bob Roehr
Fitness
Unlocking the Power of Breast Milk—with Help from Cows
Researchers hope milk sugars and protective microbes can help prevent malnutrition and treat intestinal disease
Biotech
Facing Down the World's Deadliest Pathogens in a BSL4 Lab
Researchers reach a crucial milestone despite the challenges of working under astronaut-like conditions
Medicine
On-Demand Drug Production Is on the Horizon
A continuous-flow method to synthesize medicine promises to change how pharmaceuticals are produced and used
Neurology
Concussions Affect Women More Adversely Than Men
Differences between how females and males experience concussions suggest the need for gender-specific prevention and treatment strategies
Fitness
How Gut Microbiota Impacts HIV Disease
A new understanding of the role gut microbiota plays in HIV disease is beginning to emerge, suggesting potential new strategies to manage the infection
Health
Vaginal Ring Offers Hope in HIV Prevention
A ring that dispenses an antiviral drug is a step in the long, difficult slog to achieve HIV prevention
Health
Testosterone Supplementation Brings Modest Benefit to Older Men
Despite improving sexual function and mood, researchers aren’t overly optimistic about testosterone replacement
Fitness
Drinking Causes Gut Microbe Imbalance Linked to Liver Disease
In addition to damaging the organ directly, alcohol weakens naturally produced antibiotics, leaving the liver exposed to bacteria and disease
Biology
New Report Details Uphill Battle to Solve the U.S.'s Pain Problem
The Institute of Medicine reveals a "blueprint" for relieving Americans' pervasive chronic pain
Biology
Giving HIV a Poor Reception: New AIDS Treatment Tinkers with Immune Cell Genes
Researchers have found new ways to interfere with a co-receptor important to HIV infection, and the outcomes so far are encouraging
Biology
Closeted Calamity: The Hidden HIV Epidemic of Men Who Have Sex with Men
A paucity of research on men who have sex with other men has done a disservice to efforts to prevent the spread of HIV
Health
A Failed "War on Drugs" Prompts Rethinking on HIV Infections among Injection-Drug Users
Drug policy has focused on a policing approach of prohibition and incarceration, which has contributed to spreading HIV within the injection-drug community. Comprehensive drug reform policies are showing better results...
The Sciences
Antibody Building: Does Training the Body's Immune System Hold a New Key to Fending Off HIV Infection?
NIH researchers may have found antibodies that can neutralize most varieties of HIV, blocking it before it infects healthy cells. But stimulating their sparse natural production remains a hurdle in developing an antiviral therapy...
Biology
Bad Wraps on Viruses
A possible broad-spectrum antiviral acts by damaging lipid coats
Health
Thinking on the Envelope: Finding a Medical "Silver Bullet" to Disable Many of the World's Deadliest Viruses
A series of promising compounds can cripple all enveloped viruses' ability to invade cells as well as circumvent any resistance that hobbles traditional antiviral drugs. But will they work outside the lab?...
Health
Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS
Are "elite controllers" the key to understanding HIV infection—and do their immune systems offer a new approach to developing an AIDS vaccine?
