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• Unseen risk: lifestyle, physical problems may underlie psoriasis link to early mortality 

  Severe psoriasis knocks as many years off a person's life expectancy as high blood pressure does, a new study suggests. Severe psoriasis knocks...

  Science News, 12/22/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Angiogenesis factors: tracking down the suspects in blood vessel growth near tumors 

  Cancerous growths rely on a surrounding tangle of blood vessels to support their reckless expansion, and scientists have spent decades hunting for...

  Science News, 12/08/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Calculated risk: shedding light on fracture hazards in elderly 

  when doctors evaluate an older person who has fallen and broken a bone, they immediately look for signs of osteoporosis, the brittle-bone disease....

  Science News, 12/01/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Bone builder: drug may offer steroid users new protection against fractures 

  In the half-century since their introduction to medicine, glucocorticoid steroids have been hailed as wonder drugs that have enabled millions of...

  Science News, 11/17/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Good buzz: tiny vibrations may limit fat-cell formation 

  Young mice that spend time on a mildly vibrating platform increase muscle and bone production at the expense of fat, researchers report. The...

  Science News, 10/27/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Looking for biomarkers: protein signature may warn of impending Alzheimer's disease 

  Amounts of certain proteins in the blood could tip off doctors to nascent Alzheimer's disease in people who don't yet show clear symptoms of the...

  Science News, 10/20/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Mice, magnetism, and reactions on solids: nobels awarded in genetics, materials science, and surface chemistry 

  The 2007 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced early this week. The 2007 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced early this week....

  Science News, 10/13/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Fueling a flu debate: do vaccinations save lives among the elderly? 

  It would seem to be a no-brainer: Vaccinating elderly people against influenza each fall should lead to fewer hospital stays and higher survival...

  Science News, 10/06/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Keep out: treated mosquito nets limit child deaths 

  By sleeping under chemically treated mosquito nets, children cut their risk of death almost in half, researchers in Kenya report. Their study,...

  Science News, 09/29/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication

• Brain sabotage: Alzheimer's protein may spawn miniseizures 

  A sticky protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease disrupts the brain's circuitry by inducing seizures that give barely an outward sign that...

  Science News, 09/15/07 by N. Seppa · More from publication