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Clinical Trials: More Trials, Fewer Tribulations
Clinical studies that group patients according to their molecular profile can make for better and faster drug approval decisions
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Health Impact of Vitamin Pills Remains Uncertain in Developed World
After decades of study, the evidence for whether supplements actually improve health remains polarized and incomplete
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One Fifth of U.K. Kids with Persistent Coughs May Have Pertussis
A booster vaccination may be warranted for adolescents in England to help diminish the spread of this highly contagious respiratory disease...
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Sudden Death: What Is Marfan’s Syndrome?
A congenital connective tissue disorder that confers pro basketball height also permanently benches an NBA prospect’s dreams of joining the league
Mind & Brain
New Neurons In the Brain Keep Anxiety at Bay
The adult brain generates neurons every day. These cells help us to distinguish one memory from another—a finding that could lead to novel treatments for anxiety disorders
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Anthrax Blunder Reveals Deadly Potential of Accidents
A lab director has reportedly been reassigned and other heads at the U.S. Center for Disease Control are likely to roll after an incident earlier this month in which at least 75 staff members may have accidentally been exposed to live samples of anthrax being transported from one lab to another...
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Health Bloggers Offer More Advice Than Criticism
My PhD mostly dealt with research blogs from ResearchBlogging.org (RB) an aggregator of blog posts covering peer-reviewed research. In this article, we (Prof.
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Cancer: The March on Malignancy
New research into how and why tumors form, grow and spread is producing better screening tests and more effective remedies with fewer side effects
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Your Intestines Can Taste Sugar
And a new diabetes drug targets those sweet receptors
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HIV on Trial: An Attempt to Cure the World’s Smallest Patients
New global clinical trial aims to replicate the mysterious “Mississippi baby” success
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Antibiotic Resistance Revitalizes Century-Old Virus Therapy
The use of viruses that kill bacteria as a tool for treating infections are under study again by Western researchers and governments
Mind & Brain
Psychedelic Chemist & `Godfather of Ecstasy' Alexander Shulgin Dies at 88
Alexander Shulgin, chemist and renowned psychonaut who acquainted the world with the drug MDMA - or Ecstasy - died Monday evening at his home in Lafayette, Calif.
Mind & Brain
Talking Death with the Late Psychedelic Chemist Sasha Shulgin
Alexander Shulgin, the most prolific psychedelic chemist in history, has died at the age of 88. I interviewed Shulgin and his wife and co-researcher Ann at their home in California in 1999, when I was researching my 2003 book Rational Mysticism...
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Heroin Has Expanded Its User Base
Compared with 50 years ago, today's heroin user is whiter, more suburban and had prescription opioids for a gateway. Dina Fine Maron reports
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Secret Clinical Trial Data to Go Public
Drug companies have begun to share their clinical trial data. The long-overdue shift heralds a new era in medicine
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Drug Developers Take a Second Look at Herbal Medicines
Desperate to develop new drugs for malaria and other ailments, researchers are running clinical trials with traditional herbal medicines—and generating promising leads
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"Genetic Heroes" May Be Key to Treating Debilitating Diseases
The Resilience Project seeks to find people who are unaffected by genetic mutations that would normally cause severe and fatal disorders
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Fibromyalgia: Maligned, Misunderstood and (Finally) Treatable
Research suggests it’s a disease of the central nervous system
Evolution
My Testy Encounter with the Late, Great Gerald Edelman
Biologist Gerald Edelman–one of the truly great scientific characters I’ve encountered, whose work raised profound questions about the limits of science—has died.
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How Bacteria in the Placenta Could Help Shape Human Health
The placenta is full of microbes, a new study finds, raising questions about how that ecosystem and mothers' oral health influence the risk of preterm birth
