Health
AWOL Microbes May Explain Our Modern Plagues [Excerpt]
Antibiotics have endangered our native microbiomes and left us increasingly vulnerable to modern diseases like obesity, diabetes, asthma and autism
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Health
Could RNA Drugs Defeat Ebola Virus?
An RNA-based treatment may stop the Ebola virus in its tracks
Toxins in Nutrition Supplements Still Escape FDA Oversight
When young and middle-aged adults started showing up at the hospital with liver failure last spring, doctors in Hawaii struggled to find the thread that connected the patients.
Public Health
MicroRNA May Block All Strains of Hepatitis C
Targeting a microRNA in liver cells could disable a silent killer
The Quest: How To Get A Medical Librarian To Do Your Search For Free
In my last blog post, I said one of the things I like so much about MedlinePlus (a service of the National Library of Medicine, or NLM) is that "the medical librarians at the NLM have already done a lot of the heavy lifting for you." I thought I'd give more detail about what I [...]..
Health
Mutations Explain Poor Showing of 2012 Flu Vaccine
Study raises questions over the use of chicken eggs to provide viral strains for flu vaccines.
Health
Misleading Mouse Studies Waste Medical Resources
A retrospective analysis of more than 100 failed drugs show that many should never have made it to clinical trials
The Quest: Practical Advice for Online Medical Searches
Being an informed patient is, in many ways, tougher than ever. A tsunami of material is freely available on the Internet nowadays, from medical datasets to research papers to instructive videos...
The Sciences
To Cure Cancer, Provide a Profit Motive
Creative investments could fund a huge number of new drug-development projects
Pharmaceuticals
A Simple Way to Slash Unnecessary Drug Prescriptions
A new approach may help curb unnecessary prescriptions
Health
A Networked Approach to Fighting the TB Pandemic
It may not be marked on your calendar, but today, March 24 is World TB Day , created to remind people of the massive global health problem caused by tuberculosis.
Health
The Disease Prevention Illusion: A Tragedy in Five Parts
Act I: An ounce of “prevention.” “Prevention is better than cure.” Aphorisms like this go back a long way. And most of our dramatic triumphs against disease come from prevention: clean water, making roads and workplaces safer, antiseptic routines in hospital, reducing smoking, immunization, stemming the spread of HIV...
Health
Drugs from a Sloth's Back
Researchers find potential cures on the backs of sloths
Mind & Brain
New Drugs May Transform Down Syndrome
Recent breakthroughs may lead to pharmacological treatments for the chromosomal disorder
Health
Prion Detection Method Shows Promise as Alzheimer’s Test
Researchers aim to detect Alzheimer symptoms long before they appear by tweaking an existing medical tool to sleuth out misfolded proteins linked with the illness
Health
Why Is Dark Chocolate Good for You? Thank Your Microbes
Cocoa is good for your heart because of fermentation by gut bacteria, creating anti-inflammatory compounds that improve blood vessel function
Psychiatry
NIMH Rethinks Psychiatry Experiments
The National Institute of Mental Health will no longer fund research aiming to relieve symptoms without probing underlying causes
The Sciences
Pain Pills May Be Future Antibiotics
By interfering with bacterial DNA repair and reproduction, some NSAID pain drugs could find future use as antibiotics. Christopher Intagliata reports
Health
Flu Vaccine Keeps Connecticut Kids from Hospitals
After flu shot regulations upped Connecticut kids' vaccination rate, their hospitalization risk went down. Dina Fine Maron reports
Health
500 Drugs Updated with Directions for Child Use Since 2002
That’s the good news. Bad news: Half of drugs used in kids are still unlabeled, which is a problem because of the risk of improper dosing or usage
