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Old Mice Given Young Blood May Hold Aging Key

By Charlie Campbell

How Researchers Can Turn a Smartphone into a Microscope

By Bijan Stephen

Science Gave My Son the Gift of Sound

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'Are Your Children Vaccinated?' Is the New 'Do You Have a Gun in the House?'

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Study: Children Given Codeine in ER Despite Risks

Too many kids are getting codeine in emergency rooms, say the authors of a new study, which estimates that at least half-a-million children receive prescriptions each year

By Nolan Feeney

Cleveland Clinic's New Medicine

At one Ohio hospital, patients get herbs as well as drugs

By Alexandra Sifferlin / Cleveland

Parent Like a Mad Scientist

Give your kids weird names, expose them to raw sewage, and still be the world’s best dad

By Dalton Conley

Wikipedia Founder Sick of 'Lunatic' Holistic Healers

Jimmy Wales rejected a Change.org petition calling for more information on holistic medicinal therapies. "Every single person who signed this petition needs to...think harder about what it means to be honest, factual, truthful," he said

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Do You Think the CIA Infected African Americans With HIV? You're Not Alone

Half of all Americans believe in that, or one of five other medical conspiracy theories

By Michelle Arrouas

ADHD Does Not Exist

Over the course of my career, I have found more than 20 conditions that can lead to symptoms of ADHD, each of which requires its own approach to treatment. Raising a generation of children — and now adults — who can't live without stimulants is no solution

By Dr. Richard Saul

Bring the Doctor with You

The logical next step in managing chronic disease is technology that tracks our vitals and guides us to better health

By Yves Béhar

Running Out the Clock

In our ongoing 'Doctor-in-Training' series, time is of the essence in more ways than one for a medical student conducting a routine physical on an elderly patient

By Laura Fitzpatrick

E-Cigs Don't Stop Teens From Smoking

Adolescents who use e-cigarettes are more likely to smoke other tobacco products and regular cigarettes, a new study finds, suggesting that e-cigarettes may not be the lesser of two evils that some had hoped

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Doctors: Second HIV Baby Cured

A baby born infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Los Angeles who received treatment shortly after birth is still showing no signs of the disease a year later, doctors say. The child's mother was not taking her HIV medication while she was pregnant

By Alexandra Sifferlin

HIV Treatment Gets a Shot in the Arm

Monkeys who received an experimental injection-based HIV treatment didn't contract the disease when later exposed to it, raising hopes the current once-a-day pill system of treatment could soon be replaced for those battling the illness

By Alexandra Sifferlin

9 Old-Time Cures Doctors Swear By (and 3 to Skip)

Classic treatments we grew up with are making a comeback, thanks to fresh research confirming their powers. Here's why you should reach (again) for the Pepto, prunes, and other throwback cures

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Oscar Winners Live Longer Than Nominees, Study Says

Actors who take home the statuette get about four extra years, while those who win multiple times get six

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Here Are the Most Popular Plastic Surgery Procedures In Three Charts

2013 was a good year for butt augmentation and neck lifts

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Scientists Can Now Predict the Flu

A mathematical model could make future seasons' vaccines more accurate

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Small Science, Big Diseases

Big pharma is slow and risk averse. Smaller companies are the future of medical innovation.

By Nathalia Holt
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