Skin Flu Vaccine
Injecting one-fifth the dose of flu vaccine under the skin worked as well as the regular shot.
Flu Roundup
Resting mice were more likely to die from the flu, and drinking too much water when sick can lead to fluid overload.
Flu Season
Why is there a flu season? (Virus is transmitted more easily because people stay indoors.)
Flu Fatality
How exactly does the flu kill you? (Exacerabates underlying condition or drowns your lungs in fluid)
Sibling Heart Disease
Having a sibling with heart disease increases your risk more than a parent does.
Stress & Heart Disease
Stress raises C-reactive protein, which inflames arteries and leads to heart disease.
Diet Roundup
Less strict low-carb diets can also help weight loss, and eating omega-3 fatty acids protects against Alzheimer's disease.
Vanilla Medicine
A drug based on vanilla could be a treatment for sickle cell disease.
Walking Roundup
Moderate exercise helps lower the risk of mental impairment in older people.
Malaria Roundup
Getting ideas for drugs from watching what sick chimps eat, and a compound that kills mosquito larvae.
St. John’s Wort
St. John's Wort can interfere dangerously with other prescription medications.
Surgery Roundup
A new surgical technique goes in through the stomach and leaves no scars, and functioning kidneys can be grown in rats from embryonic tissue.
Cough Medicine
The ingredients in cough syrups don't help children stop coughing.
Baby Roundup
Flavors tasted as infants influence food preferences later in life, and prenatal nicotine exposure increases adolescent addiction.
Rats and Aspirin
Newborn male rats given aspirin show no interest in females when they grow up.
Cutting Cigarettes
Cutting back on cigarettes changes smoking behavior so as to increase nicotine and carbon monoxide in the body.
Obesity Roundup
Body shape predicts heart disease risk more than weight does, and triglycerides cause overweight people to eat even more.
Blood Clot Corkscrew
A corkscrew device can remove blood clots to reduce the damage of strokes.
Estrogen Roundup
Estrogen makes stress-related illnesses more common, and women have better leadership qualities than men.
Muscle Roundup
Steroids can alter the development of adolescent brains, and a protein called Delta regenerates damaged muscle.
Ozone and Arteries
Ozone produced in the body reacts with cholesterol and contributes to heart disease.