Health & Safety

As more research suggests some degree of dietary cholesterol is harmless, if not healthy, the egg's reputation is slowly returning. Yet some experts worry the science is being misinterpreted and spun.

Health & Safety

Unscrambling The Nutrition Science On Eggs

4:51pm March 06, 2017

by Bret Stetka

As more research suggests some degree of dietary cholesterol is harmless, if not healthy, the egg's reputation is slowly returning. Yet some experts worry the science is being misinterpreted and spun.

Forbidding Forecast For Lyme Disease In The Northeast

2:12pm March 06, 2017

Lyme disease is spreading, and this summer is shaping up as a whopper. Why has the tick-borne illness gotten so bad? The answer traces back to something the colonists did more than 200 years ago.

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Journalists like to report what's new. But what's new in science often turns out not to be true in the long run.

Reports Of Medical Breakthroughs Often Don't Prove Out

2:09pm March 06, 2017

by Richard Harris

Medical breakthroughs that were covered by newspapers were often later disproved by more comprehensive research, a study finds. That's a problem for scientists and journalists.

Young adults who spend more than two hours a day on social media are more apt to feel isolated.

Feeling Lonely? Too Much Time On Social Media May Be Why

12:38pm March 06, 2017

by Katherine Hobson

It's not clear whether spending a lot of time on Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram leads to social isolation, or whether the lonely seek solace in social media.

The culprit: Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a blacklegged tick.

Did You Get Bit By A Lyme-Infested Tick? Here's What To Do

12:35pm March 06, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

One scientist is predicting a risky year for tick-borne Lyme disease in the Northeast, and it's spreading. But don't panic. We've got tips.

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US National Whitewater Center Needs County Permit To Reopen

11:11am March 06, 2017

by Neal Charnoff

Whitewater sports are on hold at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte.

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In this 1989 photograph, Thomas Starzl oversees a liver transplant operation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Starzl won a National Medal of Science in 2004.

Thomas Starzl, Trailblazer In Organ Transplantation, Dies At 90

3:38pm March 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The doctor, who performed the world's first liver transplant surgery in 1963, eventually earned the moniker "father of transplantation."

Medics tend to an Iraqi counterterrorism fighter injured in a clash with ISIS forces near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edge of Mosul.

Health & Safety

No One Was Prepared To Care For So Many Wounded In Mosul

11:29am March 05, 2017

by Alice Fordham

The number of wounded civilians and fighters is higher than expected in the battle to force ISIS from the Iraqi city. Care is coming from several sources, including U.S. forces.

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A Doctor On Why He Volunteered To Fight Ebola In Liberia

8:03am March 05, 2017

In 2014, Dr. Steven Hatch traveled to Liberia to treat people infected with the Ebola virus. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with him about his new book, Inferno: A Doctor's Ebola Story.

Trent Barton, a volunteer for the study looking at pressure inside the brain during space flights.

Doctor Launches Vision Quest To Help Astronauts' Eyeballs

7:09am March 04, 2017

by Lauren Silverman

Scientists are learning that some astronauts' eyes change shape after time in space, leading to vision problems. But a sleep sack being developed might offer relief.