Sep 15 Experimental Malaria Vaccines Attack the Parasite in New Ways Malaria is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Photo by the World Health Organization. The malaria parasite is one of the most widely studied disease-causing organisms, yet there is still no effective vaccine available to prevent the deadly illness. Two… Continue reading
Sep 15 Walter Reed Closes the Door on an Era By Francine Uenuma After more than a century, the storied Walter Reed Army Medical Center is closing its doors. Patients are being transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland, which will officially become Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Continue reading
Sep 15 CDC: New Lung Cancer Cases Decline Across U.S. Photo by Valentin Ottone The rates of new lung cancer cases dropped significantly in the United States between 1999 and 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a study… Continue reading
Sep 14 Domestic Abuse Hidden but Pervasive in China By Talea Miller About 64 percent of Chinese adults have experienced violence at home at some point, according to a recent study, but it remains a taboo topic. Continue reading
Sep 13 Bush, PEPFAR Reunite to Cut Cancer Deaths Former President George W. Bush. U.S. government photo. Whenever George W. Bush's presidential legacy is discussed, the ground-breaking global HIV initiative he created is mentioned as a high point. It made the United States a major force in the… Continue reading
Sep 13 Economic Check-Up Dismal for Many U.S. Families Chelsea Ricardo prepares to go to school. Her family was living at the Community Partnership for the Homeless assistance center in Miami. 2008 photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. American families continued to take an economic pounding in 2010, with… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Insulin Spritz Shows Promise for People With Early Signs of Alzheimer’s A small study published Tuesday in the Archives of Neurology found preliminary evidence that spraying critical insulin deep into the nose could help delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Ray Suarez speaks with University of Washington School of Medicine professor… Continue watching
Sep 12 Study Shows Insulin Spray Boosts Memory in Alzheimer’s Patients Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. What if you could prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease just by giving patients nasal spray containing insulin, just once or twice a day after a meal? Researchers have been exploring that possibility for some… Continue reading
Sep 12 Innovations in Maternal and Infant Health Address Chronic Problems Creatively Women in Bangladesh. Photo by Flickr user Michael Foley. More than 350,000 women die each year around the globe from complications of childbirth, and 3 million children die in the first month of life. In the face of such… Continue reading
Sep 12 Testosterone Plummets When Men Become Fathers, Study Finds Photos courtesy of Flickr users jugbo and debmomof3 Diaper bags and strollers may do more to change new dads than they think. A new study from researchers at Northwestern University shows that testosterone levels take a dramatic… Continue reading