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Should Students Who Are Bad at Math Receive Therapeutic Electro-Shock Treatments?

Students who had their brains zapped solved math questions 27 percent faster than those who did not
May 17, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Subway Is Just as Bad For You as McDonald’s

This ad for Subway sandwiches reminds you that, unlike their fast food competitors that sell burgers and fries and shakes, Subway is healthy. That seems obvious, since they’re selling sandwiches with lettuce on them while other places sell fattening burgers. But a new study suggests that in fact eating at Subway might be less healthy [...]
May 16, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Doctors Used to Use Live African Frogs As Pregnancy Tests

Now, those former test subjects may be spreading the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus around the world
May 16, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Dogs Experience a Runner’s High (But Ferrets Do Not)

Though the researchers didn't include cats in the study, they suspect that felines, too, would experience a runner's high
May 15, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

E. Coli Can Survive the Freezing Cold Winter Hidden in Manure

Even the harsh Canadian winter can't kill these hardy bacteria
May 15, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Jury-Rigged iPhone Microscope Can See Parasitic Worms Just Fine

The new contraption detected giant roundworm eggs 81 percent of the time and roundworm eggs 54 percent of the time in village samples in Tanzania
May 14, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy Choice Increasingly Common, Still Medically Murky

Angelina Jolie's choice to remove both her breasts is part of a larger trend - but doctors aren't sure why it's more popular now than ever, or whether it should be
May 14, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Easy-Peasy Test Finds Serious Fetal Health Issues Earlier

Scientists can detect signs of Down Syndrome, brain damage and a preterm delivery using this new urine test
May 13, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

This New Drug Neutralizes Heroin Before Users Feel the High

By binding the psychoactive ingredients in the blood, heroin can't affect the users' brain
May 08, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Is It Time to Scrap the Manual on Mental Illness?

After 11 years of working on the new DSM, some are saying that it's time to retire the manual and think abut mental health entirely differently
May 07, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Nearly 4,500 Kids Are Injured on Amusement Park Rides Each Year

Based on current trends in the amusement park market, these injury numbers probably won't go down any time soon
May 06, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

You Think the NFL Has Brain Injury Problems? The Military Has it Way Worse

Thousands of soldiers return home from cobalt with traumatic brain injuries - many without even realizing it
May 06, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Is It Ever OK To Euthanize a Baby?

In Holland, some doctors and parents say the answer is yes
May 03, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

It’s Fine to Eat Standing Up

Should we add eating standing up to the list of food no-no's? It's unclear, science says
May 02, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Breast Milk Protein Could Help Fight Superbug

By delivering antibiotics alongside a protein found in breast milk, researchers could fight MRSA in mice
May 02, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

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What is Causing Iran’s Spike in MS Cases?


Vitamin D deficiency from lack of sunlight could be an unexpected long-term consequence of the Iranian revolution

May 2013 | By Libby Copeland

In 2010, Malaria Killed 660,000 People, And Now It’s Resistant to the Drugs We Use to Fight It

Scientists have discovered a drug-resistant strain of malaria, and it's spreading
April 29, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

How Can the U.S. Government Know If Syrian Combatants Were Affected by Sarin Gas?

Reports from the White House that sarin gas were used in Syria, but how could you test for it?
April 26, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Playing Video Games Can Cure Your Lazy Eye

A special version of Tetris can help adults with a lazy eye see
April 24, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

This Is How the New Bird Flu Could Get to You

If H7N9 learns to transmit from person to person, here is how it could spread around the world
April 24, 2013 | By Colin Schultz


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