Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Kids now getting ‘adult’ disease

    More kids are developing diabetes, and obesity is a major reason why.

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    Fighting fat with fat

    Brown fat found in adults may help keep obesity at bay.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Treating peanut allergy bit by bit

    New study offers a little hope in reducing an allergy to peanuts, but don't try this at home.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    The metal detector in your mouth

    The taste of metal is sweet, spicy, bitter, delicious and perhaps other, mystery tastes.

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    Greener Diet

    The planet is getting warmer, and what we eat isn’t helping.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Contemplating thought

    Your brain is more complex than a computer, but the two are similar.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Face values

    Researchers are uncovering what makes a mug attractive.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Body clocks

    Scientists are finding that when you sleep is just as important as how much you sleep.

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    Sugar-pill medicine

    Just expecting to feel better can sometimes cure what’s ailing you.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Math is a real brain bender

    Learning mathematics may make the brain reorganize the way it works.

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    Double take

    By studying twins, scientists help us understand what makes people who they are.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D-licious Mushrooms

    Why some mushrooms are like the sun.

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