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Picture of The Cobra Event
22 December 2006 | ScienceNOW

Could Bioterror Warnings Make You Sick?

by Rhitu Chatterjee
Media messages about biological attacks may have a downside, researchers say
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21 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

AIDS Cases on the Rise

by Jon Cohen
"Global epidemic growing," says United Nations Report
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17 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

Trial Questions Safety of Naproxen

by Jennifer Couzin
But critics charge that flaws in study design and execution invalidate its results
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6 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

Jet Setting Is For the Young

by Michael Balter
Activities that disrupt day/night cycles may be harmful to older people
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1 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

Better Babies Through Dentistry?

by Dan Ferber
Clinical trial debunks theory that mothers who take care of their gums have healthier kids
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29 September 2006 | ScienceNOW

Digging Deeper Into the 1918 Flu Mystery

by Martin Enserink
Close-up of host response provides new clues to pandemic's prowess
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11 September 2006 | ScienceNOW

Aches on a Plane

by Martin Enserink
Grounding commercial aircraft may help slow flu pandemics, but experts are divided
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5 September 2006 | ScienceNOW

Africa Wrestles With Extreme TB

by Robert Koenig
Health officials from Southern Africa seek plan to fight new TB strains
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22 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Warming World Brings Disease

by Robert Koenig
Cold War archive links rise in bubonic plague to climate change
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21 July 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Diabetic Battle of the Bulge

by Diane Garcia
Study confirms genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but shows diet and exercise can eliminate risk
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23 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

Indian Ocean Virus Gets an Upgrade

by Martin Enserink
Mutations may have made Chikungunya more infectious
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23 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

Mary Jane Trumps Joe Camel

by Mary Beckman
New study shows that smoking marijuana does not increase risk of cancer
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9 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

Just a Tick Away From Danger

by Michael Hochman
Acorn and chipmunk abundance help predict Lyme disease outbreaks
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18 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

Say "Aaah", Not "Ouch"

by Susanne McDowell
Mercury dental fillings found as safe as non-mercury fillings
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3 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

More Telly, More Belly

by Al Staropoli
Study links excess TV exposure to weight gain in preschoolers
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28 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Note to Asthmatics: Don't Stress

by Laura Blackburn
Study helps explain link between stress and exacerbation of asthma
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22 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Too Much Fluoride on Tap?

by Erik Stokstad
National Academies panel recommends lowering acceptable levels of compound in drinking water
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8 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Putting Malaria on the Defensive

by Al Staropoli
Health panel recommends more aggressive funding and treatment strategy
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7 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Getting the Lead In

by Erik Stokstad
Neighborhood stress exacerbates mental decline from lead exposure
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28 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Bite of This, a Bite of That

by Susan Brown
Varied mosquito diet may be to blame for major West Nile outbreaks
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10 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

Tracing HIV's Steps

by Jon Cohen
Genetic analyses fill in important steps between monkey and man
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9 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

H5N1 Leaps Into Africa

by Martin Enserink
First appearance in disease-stricken continent particularly worrying, experts say
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7 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

Study Finds Little Benefit From Low-Fat Diets ...

by Jennifer Couzin
... but interpretation of the results is murky
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31 January 2006 | ScienceNOW

Two-For-One Special on Diseases

by Gretchen Vogel
Treating neglected maladies such as hookworm can improve efforts to fight malaria and AIDS, say health experts
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25 January 2006 | ScienceNOW

By George, It's Time to Take a Trip

by John Bohannon
Movement of dollar bills explains human travel behavior
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21 December 2005 | ScienceNOW

EPA Tightens Some Air Regulations

by Erik Stokstad Carolyn Gramling
Proposal would lower allowable daily exposure to fine soot, but not annual level
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15 December 2005 | ScienceNOW

Kill a Badger, Save a Cow?

by Michael Schirber
U.K. government to examine strategy for preventing epidemic of bovine TB
2 November 2005 | ScienceNOW

Scientists Supportive of Bush Bird Flu Plan

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Final preparedness report details who would get vaccines, drugs first
18 October 2005 | ScienceNOW

Breath Holds Clues to Lung Disease

by Al Staropoli
Cystic fibrosis patients exhale more of a gas released by bacterial infections
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20 September 2005 | ScienceNOW

Cholesterol Busters to Fight Flu?

by Martin Enserink
Study hints that statins may prevent complications from influenza
20 September 2005 | ScienceNOW

Old Flu Drugs Bite the Dust

by Martin Enserink and Gong Yidong
H3N2 influenza strains worldwide are fast becoming resistant to two antivirals
2 September 2005 | ScienceNOW

Katrina's Disease Risks May Be Overblown

by Jocelyn Kaiser
Cholera and typhoid unlikely, but poor sanitation could lead to other ailments
9 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

'Pandemic Vaccine' (Lots of It) Appears to Work

by Martin Enserink
Bird flu vaccine triggers antibodies, but the high doses needed make it impractical
9 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

A Whiff of Malaria Whets Mosquitoes' Appetite

by Martin Enserink
The Plasmodium parasite makes its host smell more delectable to boost transmission
3 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

Stopping a Pandemic Before It Starts

by Martin Enserink
Drug stockpile and quarantine might quash a runaway flu virus at its source
2 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

Starvation Increases Schizophrenia Risk

by Dan Ferber
Children born during Chinese famine were twice as likely to develop disease
29 June 2005 | ScienceNOW

Too Hot to Handle

by Jocelyn Kaiser
NAS panel finds radiation dangerous even at lowest doses
23 June 2005 | ScienceNOW

A Hydrogen Economy Saves Lives

by Robert F. Service
New report calculates health benefits of giving up fossil fuels
3 May 2005 | ScienceNOW

Is Acupuncture a Sham for Migraines?

by Amitabh Avasthi
Random needling no better than traditional approach, but both seem to work
29 March 2005 | ScienceNOW

Marburg Outbreak Puzzles Scientists

by Martin Enserink
Ebola-related virus has already killed 117 people in Angola
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