Prosecutors accused Actelion Pharmaceuticals, which Johnson & Johnson acquired in 2017, of violating Medicare laws by funneling money through a…
Children Move Less Starting at Age 6
By age 11, children were spending an average of almost two more hours a day in sedentary behavior than they…
Dr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55
She and her husband, also a doctor, waged a campaign against “the medicalization of everyday life” and an “epidemic of…
Infectivity of different HIV-1 strains may depend on which cell receptors they target
Distinct HIV-1 strains may differ in the nature of the CCR5 molecules to which they bind, affecting which cells they…
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug
Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in…
Key to lifelong heart health is childhood intervention
Evolving evidence shows that heart healthy habits in adults are rooted in the environments we live in in early childhood,…
Hysterectomy linked to memory deficit in an animal model
The non-pregnant uterus is commonly assumed to be an unimportant organ. One third of American women have a hysterectomy by…
Natural compound 2HF treats leishmaniasis infections, study finds
Current treatment options for the parasitic disease leishmaniasis are largely ineffective, expensive, and tend to be plagued by resistant parasites…
Media coverage of disasters can have lasting effects on children’s mental health
Disaster communication experts say disaster media coverage can have lasting effects on children’s mental health and suggest teachers and parents…
What can a snowflake teach us about how cancer spreads in the body?
What can seashells, lightning and the coastline of Britain teach us about new drugs for cancer? The answer, according to…