A cough doesn’t mean you need antibiotics
Feeling beaten down by flu season? A prescription from your doctor might not be the best solution
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 12:02 AM UTCLife Scientific American, Flu, Cough
Katherine Harmon
Life Scientific American, Flu, Cough
Driving drowsy is more dangerous than you’d think
New research suggests that nearly a third of fatal accidents involve fatigued drivers
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 11:54 PM UTCLife Scientific American, driving
Are new doctors driving up health care expenses?
A new study shows that the best predictor of doctors' overall cost to the system is how long they've practiced
Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 3:00 PM UTCLife Science, Health Care
Study: Sleep loss could cause weight gain
New analysis shows that even a few consecutive nights without six hours of shuteye can help feed obesity
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 6:15 PM UTCLife Science, Scientific American
Cockroaches: Smarter than you think
New research suggests that the insect's ancient ancestors possessed complex brains
Friday, Oct 12, 2012 4:48 PM UTCLife Science, nature
Can technology save us from obesity?
New devices like the Zamzee allow us to measure -- and incrementally increase -- our levels of physical activity
Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 3:29 PM UTCLife Science, Obesity
“Junk” DNA holds clues to cancer, autism
With the latest annotation of the human genome, researchers have made new discoveries about common diseases
Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 5:53 PM UTCNews Scientific American
We’ll explain the side effects later
Patients approved for clinical trials sometimes get a nasty surprise: Doctors don't have to share the downsides
Sunday, Aug 26, 2012 2:30 PM UTCNews Scientific American, Science
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