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Posted on April 5, 2016

Your Healthy Lifestyle Won’t Necessarily Make You Healthier

Your Healthy Lifestyle Won’t Necessarily Make You Healthier
Public health researchers are beginning to see that changes in how you live are no guarantee of changes in your health. That changes how they should do research. The post Your Healthy Lifestyle Won't Necessarily Make You Healthier appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 30, 2016

Preventive Treatment Like Truvada Won’t Stop HIV. Only a Vaccine Can

Preventive Treatment Like Truvada Won’t Stop HIV. Only a Vaccine Can
Drugs—no matter how effective they are—may never be enough to fully eradicate HIV-1. Only a vaccine will. The post Preventive Treatment Like Truvada Won't Stop HIV. Only a Vaccine Can appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 16, 2016

Americans Have Been Addicted to Prescription Opiates Forever

Americans Have Been Addicted to Prescription Opiates Forever
A new set of CDC recommendations try to strike a balance between neglecting pain and prescribing addiction. The post Americans Have Been Addicted to Prescription Opiates Forever appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 14, 2016

Beyond Blood Type: Genomics Can Show What You’re Really Made Of

Beyond Blood Type: Genomics Can Show What You’re Really Made Of
The AB+ on your blood donor card? Yeah, that’s a massive oversimplification. The answer to precise blood donation is genomics. The post Beyond Blood Type: Genomics Can Show What You're Really Made Of appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 8, 2016

The Quirky History of Meldonium, From a Latvian Lab to Maria Sharapova

The Quirky History of Meldonium, From a Latvian Lab to Maria Sharapova
The metabolism-enhancing drug tennis star Maria Sharapova just copped to has a weird biography. The post The Quirky History of Meldonium, From a Latvian Lab to Maria Sharapova appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on February 26, 2016

CDC Sees Birth Defects in Pregnant US Travelers With Zika

CDC Sees Birth Defects in Pregnant US Travelers With Zika
Today, the CDC released some of the first evidence of a connection between Zika and microcephaly in Americans who contracted the virus while they were traveling. The post CDC Sees Birth Defects in Pregnant US Travelers With Zika appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on February 24, 2016

This MIT Professor Thinks Wall Street Can Fix High Health Care Costs

This MIT Professor Thinks Wall Street Can Fix High Health Care Costs
The same bundled securities that brought down the economy could fix the problem of high health care costs. The post This MIT Professor Thinks Wall Street Can Fix High Health Care Costs appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on February 10, 2016

These Scientists Saw Zika Coming. Now They’re Fighting Back

These Scientists Saw Zika Coming. Now They’re Fighting Back

For years, Zika has been collecting dust on the shelves of virus researchers in the United States. Now the research begins.

The post These Scientists Saw Zika Coming. Now They’re Fighting Back appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on February 2, 2016

The Zika Epidemic Is Real—A Link to Birth Defects May Not Be

The Zika Epidemic Is Real—A Link to Birth Defects May Not Be

The number of Zika infections is going up as the number of microcephaly diagnoses is increasing. But—sing along; you know the words—correlation is not causation.

The post The Zika Epidemic Is Real—A Link to Birth Defects May Not Be appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on January 28, 2016

Federal Regulators Say a Theranos Lab Has Serious Problems

Federal Regulators Say a Theranos Lab Has Serious Problems

Today embattled drug testing startup Theranos received a letter from federal regulators citing serious problems in the company's California laboratory.

The post Federal Regulators Say a Theranos Lab Has Serious Problems appeared first on WIRED.

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