Hillary Clinton Hospitalized for Blood Clot: How Concussions and Clots Connect
Clots can be a complication of concussions, but other factors can increase risk of poor blood flow
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Diet Strategies Show Promise in Lowering Risk of Diabetes
It’s one thing to find a strategy that works in the lab, but quite another to prove that it’s effective in the real world as well.
Cancer and Foggy Thinking: Is Chemotherapy Really the Cause?
“Chemo brain” is a well-known side effect of cancer treatment, but is chemotherapy to blame?
Study Details How Brain Injury from Concussions Progresses
For the first time, researchers classify the brain injury from head trauma into four distinct stages
Behavior Therapy Normalizes Brains of Autistic Children
Autism likely has deep genetic roots, but the latest research provides hope that some learning techniques can lessen symptoms of the developmental disorder.
A Bra That Detects Cancer?
A new bra from First Warning Systems claims a series of sensors embedded in the cups can pick up temperature changes in breast tissue and alert doctors to the presence of malignant cells. Read the full story in our companion blog …
More Sleep Means More Focused, Emotionally Stable Kids
How important is sleep for children? Getting too little could leave them more emotional and impulsive.
Meningitis Cases Rise in Outbreak Linked to Tainted Steroid Shots
Health officials expect yet more cases of fungal meningitis related to contaminated steroid shots
Mom’s Exposure to Mercury Linked to Kids’ ADHD Symptoms
Aside from occupational exposure, most people are exposed to mercury by eating fish — yet eating fish is good for moms and babies. So, what are pregnant women to do?
Stem Cell Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
In what researchers view as validation of the field, the Nobel committee on Monday recognized pioneering contributions to stem cell science by John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
Meningitis Outbreak Grows, Highlighting Dangers of Compounding Pharmacies
Health officials are hunting for the source of a meningitis outbreak among dozens of people who received steroid injections to treat back pain.
Faster DNA Testing Helps Diagnose Disease in NICU Babies
Fifty hours. That’s how long it now takes to decode and interpret a newborn baby’s genome — an undertaking that used to take weeks, or even months. And those two days can mean the difference between life and death for a …
Trying to Avoid a Cold? Skip the Vitamin D Supplements
And the hunt for the cure to the common cold continues