Health Archive
22 April 2013, 02:02 PM ET
While public pools and communal showers may seem like germy places, when it comes to warts, kids are more likely to get them at home, a new study says.
22 April 2013, 01:53 PM ET
A pill form of marijuana may work just as well to relieve pain as smoking the drug.
22 April 2013, 09:22 AM ET
Women who gave birth during their teen years may be more likely to be obese later in life, a new study says.
19 April 2013, 04:45 PM ET
If you focus very carefully on the blinking red dot in the center of the spinning circle, you will notice something strange: the yellow dots disappear.
19 April 2013, 01:21 PM ET
Negative thinking can be contagious, especially when we’re going through a big life change, a new study says.
19 April 2013, 01:15 PM ET
The percentage of people who sleep more than nine hours a night is on the rise.
19 April 2013, 12:42 PM ET
A cooler scrotal area results in healthier sperm, studies suggest.
19 April 2013, 11:47 AM ET
People do their best to represent their group well.
18 April 2013, 03:21 PM ET
Two antiviral drugs show promise for treating infection with a new SARS-like virus.
18 April 2013, 02:29 PM ET
Rates of infection with some foodborne pathogens are on the rise.
18 April 2013, 02:00 PM ET
Infants do not just react to the world reflexively.
18 April 2013, 01:28 PM ET
Babies are hard wired to calm down when their moms pick them up and walk around while holding them.
18 April 2013, 09:26 AM ET
Family members of people infected with H7N9 may have become infected via person-to-person transmission.
17 April 2013, 05:13 PM ET
High testosterone levels may give men aromatic appeal.
17 April 2013, 02:10 PM ET
A new computer model may help researchers better predict breast cancer prognosis.
17 April 2013, 01:59 PM ET
Human sperm (and horse sperm) trace a corkscrew course as they navigate, UCLA researchers observed with a new lens-less camera. But just why sperm do this is still a mystery.
17 April 2013, 12:51 PM ET
Climate change may be one reason for the significant increase.
17 April 2013, 12:39 PM ET
A new study reveals some surprises in the way microbes are shared within a household.
17 April 2013, 11:33 AM ET
Health officials now know of 82 people who've fallen ill with a new strain of bird flu in China.
17 April 2013, 09:00 AM ET
In talking with children about the bombing in Boston, parents should answer kids' questions, but not elaborate, experts say.
16 April 2013, 04:36 PM ET
Infant colic and migraines may be symptoms of the same underlying condition, a new study suggests.
16 April 2013, 04:30 PM ET
Regular exercise may counteract some of the deleterious effects of drinking on the brain, early results from a new study suggests.
16 April 2013, 04:25 PM ET
Two chromosomes take the cell's center stage in this scene from the elegant process of mitosis.
16 April 2013, 04:08 PM ET
Health officials now know of 63 people who've fallen ill with a new strain of bird flu in China.
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