Pesticides on Our Plates: Is Our Food Safe to Eat?
A new report looks at the amount of pesticides that are making their way to our plates
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New App Uses Sonar to Detect Opioid Overdoses
The technology utilizes smartphone speakers and microphone to monitor breathing
Testing for Caffeine Could Help Foil Fake Urine Scam
The absence of substances originating from coffee, chocolate, nicotine and blood in pee could indicate foul play
It's Time to Get Arsenic and Other Toxic Substances out of Baby Food
It’s time to get arsenic and other heavy metals out of our infants’ diets
Clinical Trials Have the Best Medicine but Do Not Enroll the Patients Who Need It
Most cancer patients never get into lifesaving drug trials because of barriers at community hospitals
Science News from around the Planet
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel.
Drones Used to Find Toylike "Butterfly" Land Mines
Quadcopters with thermal imagery cameras can help detect vicious mini-mines that often kill or maim children
Simple Sugars Wipe Out Beneficial Gut Bugs
Fructose and sucrose can make it all the way to the colon, where they spell a sugary death sentence for beneficial bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports.
Can You Have Too Much "Good" (HDL) Cholesterol?
A new study suggests that too much “good” cholesterol may be just as bad as too little. Dr. Sanaz Majd joins Nutrition Diva to sort out what this new research means for our heart health and risks
U.S. Health Official Expresses Alarm at Increase in Vaping among Teens
Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse addresses record high stats among 12th graders
Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses
Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions
More Than a Third of Female Suicides Are Committed by Indian Women
The disturbingly high rate may arise from a disconnect between women’s ambitions and societal expectations, experts say
Why Are There So Few Autism Specialists?
Lack of interest, training and pay may limit the supply
The Crusade against Dangerous Food, Part 2
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 2.
The Crusade against Dangerous Food, Part 1
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 1.
The Ethical Quandary of Human Infection Studies
Sometimes infecting volunteers with a disease can lead to new treatments. But how much risk and compensation is acceptable for those in poor nations?
WHO Chief Warns Congo Violence Is Allowing Ebola to Spread
Rebels repeatedly attack the outbreak epicenter—where the response operation is headquartered
To Every Pathogen There Is a Season
Infectious Diseases affect us like clockwork, although it’s not clear why
What a Democratic House Means for Health and Medicine
The Democrats campaigned on protecting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and lowering prescription drug prices
How Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Could Harm a Developing Baby's Brain
Three studies in rodents suggest prenatal exposure to the drug may pose risks for infants
