Why Don't We Get Cancer More Often?
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View ArticleNew Research Hopes to Conquer Food Allergies
Photograph courtesy of EuroMagic via Creative Commons My nephew is one of the 6 million children in the United States with food allergies. He has a severe nut allergy, requiring an epinephrine...
View ArticleTag Along On Science Adventures: The Field Trip Podcast
The view from inside the Oakland Fire Department's burn trailer during a rollover fire. Photograph courtesy of Kara Platoni. Looking back, the only field trip that stands out from my grade school days...
View ArticleScreening Sunscreens: Environmental Working Group's 2012 Report
Photograph courtesy of Joe Shlabotnik via Creative Commons I’m one of those grocery shoppers who flips a package around to check the ingredients on a label before buying it for the first time. Checking...
View ArticleHope for an Anti-Nicotine Vaccine
Photograph courtesy of Ianier67 via Creative Commons. A friend once told me that it was 100 times harder for him to quit smoking cigarettes than to quit drinking alcohol. Clearly nicotine is highly...
View ArticleNewly Discovered Stem Cells Cause Clogged Arteries
Zhenyu Tang (seated at microscope) examines vascular stem cells in culture along with Aijun Wang (left) and Song Li (right). (Zoey Huang photo.) Odds are that you know someone who’s had a heart attack....
View ArticleShould Men Get A PSA Blood Test To Screen For Prostate Cancer?
Photograph courtesy of Joint Base Lewis McChord via Creative Commons My brother-in-law was seemingly the healthiest person I knew. He regularly hiked steep hills as part of his job and kayaked intense...
View ArticleScience Behind Vampire Myths
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View ArticleDynamic Duo: Antibiotics and Probiotics
Photograph of antibiotics, courtesy of sparktography via Creative Commons license. When your cold or flu virus turns into a bacterial infection, like a severe sinus infection, taking antibiotics can...
View ArticleThink Before You Drink Grapefruit Juice
Image courtesy of dullhunk via Wikimedia Commons You follow the directions on your medication carefully, always taking the pills with the correct frequency and with or without food as directed. But...
View ArticleAre Sleeping Aids Effective or Just A Placebo Effect?
Photograph courtesy of Wiros via a Creative Commons license. You lay in bed, tossing and turning. Your body is completely exhausted, but your mind is racing with the day’s activities. Or worse yet,...
View ArticleNerve-Stimulating Headband May Prevent Migraines
Photograph of the Cefaly anti-migraine device courtesy of STX-Medsprl via Wikimedia Commons licensing. Perhaps this has happened to you: while grocery shopping at your local supermarket, suddenly your...
View ArticleAir Pollution Lurks Inside Your Home
Photograph courtesy of kfisto via Creative Commons licensing. How would you like a job that involves shopping at the grocery store with the company credit card and cooking dishes like stir-fry? This...
View ArticleThe Great Escape: How Soil Protects Us from Carbon Emissions
Soil scientist Margaret Torn conducting fieldwork on microbes in the soil near Council, Alaska. Photo: Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Community Contributor | Jennifer Huber—...
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