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Antibody Drugs for Alzheimer's Show Glimmers of Promise

After a string of failed trials, drugs that target protein build-up in the brain appear to slow disease progress

Many Psychiatric Drugs Have Serious Effects on Body Weight

Patients are not always warned about the weighty impact of antipsychotics, antidepressants and stimulants

A Plan to Fix the Obesity Crisis

Science has identified four steps to losing weight that can improve the odds of success

Many Overweight and Obese Teens Underestimate Their Weight

A survey of nearly 5,000 13- to 15-year-olds in the U.K. found that 40 percent of overweight and obese teens did not self-identify as “too heavy.” Cynthia Graber reports

Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found

The new line of communication prompts rethinking of neurologic disease

Active Duty Army Suicide Attempts Analyzed

Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports  

California's Anti-Vaping Bill Goes Up in Smoke

The legislation’s demise highlights the rise of e-cigarette lobbying

Death by Flatulence and Other Shortcomings of Big Data

Bizarre fatalities and the limitations of the data revolution emerge from a review of CDC records

Is Food Addiction Making Us Fat?

Brain research reveals that fats and sugars may increasingly be driving people toward obesity

Widespread Understaffing of Nurses Increases Risk to Patients

Emerging data support minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, but hospital administrations are reluctant to adopt them

Severe Burns May Let "Bad Bacteria" Take Over the Gut

New study finds that a burn may change the community of bacteria within a person's gut, and possibly lead to an increased risk of infection

Inadequate Data Visualization Leaves Patients Undereducated

Supreme Court Decision Aside, Lethal Injection Looks Increasingly Unsustainable

Pharma companies—and maybe, eventually, the Supreme Court—will ensure that it only becomes harder to execute people with drugs in America

On the Horizon: Virtual Reality Therapy That Treats Chronic Pain

Retraining the brain can restore mobility for people with injuries or difficulty moving

Meta-Meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation

The media are touting meditation’s potential for treating everything from anxiety to AIDS, but strong, objective evidence is lacking.

Fungus Used to Quash Cancer-Causing Toxin

Combating chemical poison aflatoxin hinges on boosting fungal growth on African crops

When Did Women Start to Outlive Men?

Although a greater life expectancy is seen as normal today, it is a relatively new demographic phenomenon that emerged among people born in the late 19th century

What Science Says about Eating Right

A nutritionist boils a mountain of conflicting diet advice down to a few simple principles

Face and Hand Transplants Raise Ethical Questions for Living Donors

The health care system needs to be prepared to protect potential VCA donors by optimizing the informed consent process

Bariatric Surgery Edges Out Lifestyle Changes for Type 2 Diabetes

t three years, improvement in type 2 diabetes is better after bariatric surgery than with lifestyle changes, a small new study suggests