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
Sep 10 Then and Now: Children Draw to Cope with 9/11 Photo by Julian Cortez and Paul Keim, courtesy of the NYU Child Study Center September 11 didn't make sense to 7-year-old Julian Cortez and 8-year-old Paul Keim, so they drew a scene that gave them comfort in the… Continue reading
Sep 08 Among Vivid Memories of 9/11, the Smells and Dust in the Air A fireman walks through the rubble and the smoldering wreckage of ground zero in New York on Oct. 11, 2001; Gary Friedman/AFP/Getty Images In the 10 years since 9/11, a lot of people have asked me what I… Continue reading
Sep 08 Appeals Court Throws Out Health Reform Challenge President Obama delivers a speech on his health care plan for the nation on March 8, 2010 at Arcadia University in Glenside, near Philadelphia, Pa. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. In one of the biggest victories for President Obama's… Continue reading