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Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors

WASHINGTON – An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults – and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. enrolls volunteers in large test of possible Zika vaccine

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that can cause...

DATE: Apr 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Unavoidable typos in DNA help fuel cancer

WASHINGTON – Cancer patients often wonder “why me?” Does their tumor run in the family? Did they try hard enough to avoid risks like smoking, too much sun or a bad diet? Lifestyle...

DATE: Mar 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Unavoidable typos in DNA help fuel cancer

New study says random chance may play bigger role than thought

DATE: Mar 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Those with blurry close-up vision get some new help

WASHINGTON – Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurr...

DATE: Mar 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germs

WASHINGTON – Bacteria live on everyone’s skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. Now scientists are mixing t...

DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Talk to babies, let them babble back to bridge word gap

‘Word pedometers’ used to increase vocabulary

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No designer babies, but gene editing to avoid disease? Maybe

WASHINGTON – Don’t expect designer babies any time soon – but a major new ethics report leaves open the possibility of one day altering human heredity to fight genetic diseases, with string...

DATE: Feb 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Wearable sensors as ‘check engine’ light for health

WASHINGTON – A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any sympt...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Giving peanut-based foods to babies early prevents allergies

New guidelines from National Institutes of Health mark shift in dietary advice

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

WASHINGTON – It’s not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity – mostly walking – helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, t...

DATE: Sep 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son’s organ donation

‘I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are’

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

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