Exercise in the ICU may speed your recovery
Some of the sickest can benefit from it
DATE: Apr 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Lauran Neergaard
Doctors push straight talk as death nears
Videos aim to open honest discussions about care
DATE: Mar 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Planning in the works for a better flu vaccine
Because the last one was only 18% effective
DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Lawmakers grill health officials
House members upset by this year’s flu season
DATE: Feb 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Environment trumps genetics in shaping immune system
WASHINGTON – How your immune system does its job seems to depend more on your environment and the germs you encounter than on your genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find...
DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Teens trending toward e-cigarettes, study says
WASHINGTON – More teens are trying out e-cigarettes than the real thing, according to the government’s annual drug-use survey.
Researchers were surprised at how many eighth-, 10th...
DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Experts warn of torture impact
Doctors: Stress, fear can change structures in human brains
DATE: Dec 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
The next outbreak is ...
U.S. looks past Ebola to prepare for next contagion
DATE: Nov 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Reading Harry Potter gives clues to brain activity
WASHINGTON – Reading about Harry Potter’s adventures learning to fly his broomstick activates some of the same regions in the brain we use to perceive real people’s actions and intentions. ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Solving the puzzle of surgical recovery time
Researchers study why some people recover faster
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Our bacteria travel everywhere with us
Researchers attempting to understand microbiome, how it affects our health
DATE: Aug 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
What makes math brains?
The ol’ noggin needs experience to retain those arithmetic solutions
DATE: Aug 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
