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A young boy with autism taking an antibiotic was able to make eye contact and coordinate his movements for the first time

9 years ago healthline.com autism

Harmine, a compound in the psychoactive drink ayahuasca, can re-grow insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas of diabetic mice

9 years ago healthline.com diabetes

A new study reports that amyloid — a protein that signifies Alzheimer’s disease — can start building up in people as young as 20.

9 years ago healthline.com disease

Scientists find "robust" evidence chronic fatigue syndrome is triggered by common infections like mononucleosis, forcing the immune system into overdrive and causing it to produce more immune cells called cytokines for at least 3 years

9 years ago healthline.com

Researchers cure lupus in mouse models using two drugs that are already either FDA-approved or in development

9 years ago healthline.com

In a series of behavioral experiments, scientists show that being hungry makes you spend more money and buy more stuff - even items as unappetizing as binder clips

9 years ago healthline.com

24 multiple sclerosis patients had their immune systems destroyed by chemo and then rebuilt using their own blood stem cells. Between 4 and 9 years later, 86% are still in remission and 91% show no signs of disease progression.

9 years ago healthline.com disease

Update: In a larger trial of 150 MS patients who received stem cell transplants, 80% were relapse-free after 4 years and more than half saw an improvement in physical disability after 2 years - a first for any MS treatment

9 years ago healthline.com trial

20-year study debunks "healthy obesity": "As we now see, healthy obese adults tend to become unhealthy obese in the long term, providing further evidence against the idea that obesity can be healthy.”

9 years ago healthline.com

Could MS be caused by a retrovirus similar to the one that causes HIV?

9 years ago healthline.com

New drug could reverse MS by mimicking the high estrogen levels women experience in pregnancy

9 years ago healthline.com

Human bones today are much lighter and more fragile than those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors from 7,000 years ago, which had 20% more bone mass

9 years ago healthline.com

Scientists use stem cells to regrow cartilage and repair tears in the meniscus of sheep knees. Use in humans "very, very close."

9 years ago healthline.com

Researchers have found evidence that killing off our native bacteria with antibiotics has led to the rise of autoimmune diseases, allergies, and obesity in the Western world in the past 50 years

9 years ago healthline.com

Study shows you’re more likely to die from a serious heart attack if you have it IN the hospital

10 years ago healthline.com

Mother’s Gut Bacteria Help Seal Baby’s Blood-Brain Barrier

9 years ago healthline.com

80 million bacteria pass between partners during a 10-second kiss, making their oral microbiomes more alike over time and exposing them to new microorganisms, which can strengthen their immune systems

10 years ago healthline.com

Genes a baby inherits from its father can raise the risk of its mother developing rheumatoid arthritis through a strange phenomenon called 'microchimerism'

10 years ago healthline.com

Study: chlorovirus ATCV-1, which usually lives in fresh-water lakes and infects algae, was found living quietly in the throats of 40 percent of volunteers; those who carried the virus performed worse on cognitive tests

10 years ago healthline.com

Surprise! Free birth control and sex education slash rates of teen pregnancy and abortion among at-risk girls in St. Louis

10 years ago healthline.com

Pancreatic tumors wall themselves off in a 'living safe' made of stellate cells, but a synthetic derivative of vitamin D can crack it open to deliver chemo drugs

10 years ago healthline.com

Parental intervention at 6 months old with a focus on recognizing faces and voices erases autism symptoms by age 3

10 years ago healthline.com autism

Keytruda, the first of a flood of new cancer drugs approved to target the PD-1 pathway, will be the 6th most expensive drug in the world at $12,500 per month

10 years ago healthline.com cancer

Study: Junk food may trap people in a cycle of unhealthy eating by making them less likely to try a variety of new foods and more likely to respond to visual cues for junk food in the future

10 years ago healthline.com

American Heart Association recommends e-cigarettes be regulated like other tobacco products, e-liquids be tested and labeled

10 years ago healthline.com

Scientists infect tobacco plants with bacteria that carry genes to make human antibodies

10 years ago healthline.com

Shining a Light on the Brain Regrows Nerves After Stroke

10 years ago healthline.com brain

Scientists beat back cancer by infecting tumors with fecal bacteria

10 years ago healthline.com cancer

Dissolving tampons deliver HIV drugs (and maybe contraception, too)

10 years ago healthline.com

New studies reveal at least 8 chemicals commonly used in fracking fluid are known to be toxic to mammals, at least 60 others have unknown health effects

10 years ago healthline.com

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A young boy with autism taking an antibiotic was able to make eye contact and coordinate his movements for the first time

Harmine, a compound in the psychoactive drink ayahuasca, can re-grow insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas of diabetic mice

A new study reports that amyloid — a protein that signifies Alzheimer’s disease — can start building up in people as young as 20.

Scientists find "robust" evidence chronic fatigue syndrome is triggered by common infections like mononucleosis, forcing the immune system into overdrive and causing it to produce more immune cells called cytokines for at least 3 years

Researchers cure lupus in mouse models using two drugs that are already either FDA-approved or in development

In a series of behavioral experiments, scientists show that being hungry makes you spend more money and buy more stuff - even items as unappetizing as binder clips

24 multiple sclerosis patients had their immune systems destroyed by chemo and then rebuilt using their own blood stem cells. Between 4 and 9 years later, 86% are still in remission and 91% show no signs of disease progression.

Update: In a larger trial of 150 MS patients who received stem cell transplants, 80% were relapse-free after 4 years and more than half saw an improvement in physical disability after 2 years - a first for any MS treatment

20-year study debunks "healthy obesity": "As we now see, healthy obese adults tend to become unhealthy obese in the long term, providing further evidence against the idea that obesity can be healthy.”

Could MS be caused by a retrovirus similar to the one that causes HIV?

New drug could reverse MS by mimicking the high estrogen levels women experience in pregnancy

Human bones today are much lighter and more fragile than those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors from 7,000 years ago, which had 20% more bone mass

Scientists use stem cells to regrow cartilage and repair tears in the meniscus of sheep knees. Use in humans "very, very close."

Researchers have found evidence that killing off our native bacteria with antibiotics has led to the rise of autoimmune diseases, allergies, and obesity in the Western world in the past 50 years

Study shows you’re more likely to die from a serious heart attack if you have it IN the hospital

Mother’s Gut Bacteria Help Seal Baby’s Blood-Brain Barrier

80 million bacteria pass between partners during a 10-second kiss, making their oral microbiomes more alike over time and exposing them to new microorganisms, which can strengthen their immune systems

Genes a baby inherits from its father can raise the risk of its mother developing rheumatoid arthritis through a strange phenomenon called 'microchimerism'

Study: chlorovirus ATCV-1, which usually lives in fresh-water lakes and infects algae, was found living quietly in the throats of 40 percent of volunteers; those who carried the virus performed worse on cognitive tests

Surprise! Free birth control and sex education slash rates of teen pregnancy and abortion among at-risk girls in St. Louis

Pancreatic tumors wall themselves off in a 'living safe' made of stellate cells, but a synthetic derivative of vitamin D can crack it open to deliver chemo drugs

Parental intervention at 6 months old with a focus on recognizing faces and voices erases autism symptoms by age 3

Keytruda, the first of a flood of new cancer drugs approved to target the PD-1 pathway, will be the 6th most expensive drug in the world at $12,500 per month

Study: Junk food may trap people in a cycle of unhealthy eating by making them less likely to try a variety of new foods and more likely to respond to visual cues for junk food in the future

American Heart Association recommends e-cigarettes be regulated like other tobacco products, e-liquids be tested and labeled

Scientists infect tobacco plants with bacteria that carry genes to make human antibodies

Shining a Light on the Brain Regrows Nerves After Stroke

Scientists beat back cancer by infecting tumors with fecal bacteria

Dissolving tampons deliver HIV drugs (and maybe contraception, too)

New studies reveal at least 8 chemicals commonly used in fracking fluid are known to be toxic to mammals, at least 60 others have unknown health effects