Jun 20 Watch HPV Vaccine Dramatically Cuts Number of Infections in Teen Girls HPV Vaccine Cuts Number of Infections in Teen Girls by Half… Continue watching
Jun 20 A Hormonal Happy Birthday By Dr. Howard Markel The word "hormone" made its scientific debut 108 years ago today. Photo by Alija/Getty Images The word hormone has long been a familiar part of the English vernacular. It can refer to a wide variety of things from the life-saving… Continue reading
Jun 19 HPV Vaccine Dramatically Reduces New Infections, Study Shows A teen girl gets an HPV shot. Photo by Getty images. Since the introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006, the number of new infections of human papillomavirus or HPV among teen girls has plummeted in… Continue reading
Jun 17 After Retiring, Bored Into Working EmbedVideo(6712, 482, 304); David Thompson is "semi-retired." After his official retirement, the NASCAR buff decided to take a part-time job at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. "I just did not want to totally quit working."… Continue reading
Jun 14 Do Dying Trees Lead to More Human Deaths? The Debate Continues The emerald ash borer has been attacking all 22 species of North American ash trees in the last few years, killing nearly every tree it infests. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Flickr user Darkroom Daze. The hypothesis: Trees improve people's… Continue reading
Jun 13 Share Your Thoughts: Supreme Court Rules Natural DNA Can't Be Patented By Sarah Clune Photo courtesy of Flickr user dullhunk/ Alex Bateman at the Sanger Institute. Can someone else patent your genes? No, according to a closely watched ruling from the U.S. Supreme court Thursday morning. The Court http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf">ruled partially for… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Doctors Add Appeals Process for Kids Waiting for Adult Lung Transplants Doctors Add Appeals Process for Kids Waiting for Adult Lung Transplants… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill… Continue watching
Jun 10 America's New Old Workforce: When Your Body Tells You It's Time to Retire EmbedVideo(6653, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. When Floridian Mike Kemp bought a bike store in 2001, he had no problem pulling 40-pound bikes off the top shelf. Now 69 and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease… Continue reading
Jun 10 How Removing Trees Can Kill You The trees died first. One hundred million of them in the eastern and midwestern United States. The culprit: the emerald ash borer, a beetle that entered the U.S. through Detroit in 2002 and quickly spread to Iowa, New York,… Continue reading