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Three men shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for turning the ability of some fish to glow green into a tool of molecular biology.
By KENNETH CHANG
Two scientists from the United States and one from Japan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for the discovery and development of a brightly glowing protein first seen in jellyfish.
By H. GILBERT WELCH, M.D.
The medical model for prevention has become less about health promotion and more about early diagnosis. And this approach is costly.
By ANDREW POLLACK
Scientists using powerful genetic techniques are closing in on the goal of developing a noninvasive prenatal test for Down syndrome.
By STEPHANIE SAUL
The U.S. drug maker manipulated the publication of scientific studies to bolster the use of its epilepsy drug Neurontin for other disorders, according to specialists who reviewed thousands of company documents for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the company.
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The use of acetaminophen in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk for asthma, eczema and allergic runny nose later in childhood, a New Zealand study reports.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
The United Nations food agency has called for a review of biofuel subsides and policies, noting that they had contributed significantly to rising food prices and the hunger in poor countries.
By JIM YARDLEY
An attempt to mate two elderly turtles during this year's breeding season ended without producing any offspring.
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health?
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By DENNIS OVERBYE
The prize was awarded for work exploring the hidden symmetries between elementary particles.
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Italy is greatly overshooting fishing quotas for bluefin tuna, flouting international agreements and further threatening the endangered species, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday.
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
The scientists, who discovered the viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS, will share the award.
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
A new study finds that the virus that causes AIDS has spread to all provinces and beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties.
By GARDINER HARRIS
Manufacturers of pediatric cough and cold medicines voluntarily agreed to change their products' labels.
By CORNELIA DEAN
Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology.
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By BENEDICT CAREY
The urge to punish that helped delay the passage of Washington's economic rescue plan is more than Wall Street loathing: it's based in instincts that have had a protective effect on communities.
By ANDREW POLLACK
A start-up company called Complete Genomics says it will start charging $5,000 next year to determine a person's complete genetic blueprint.
By KATE GALBRAITH
Solar power, with its promise of emissions-free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves.
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Conservationists have taken the first detailed look at the world's mammals in more than a decade, and the news isn't good.
By JONATHAN ADAMS
As environmental stresses kill off coral reefs worldwide, the reefs at Kenting National Park in Taiwan are doing surprisingly well.
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.
By GARDINER HARRIS
Dr. Charles Nemeroff earned more than $2.8 million in consulting arrangements with drug makers and violated U.S. research rules, documents show.
By JIM YARDLEY AND ANDREW MARTIN
Connecticut's consumer protection officials issued a public warning against eating contaminated Chinese candy.
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There are more than 300 known bee colonies in Paris, where the absence of pesticides is allowing urban bees to thrive.
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HIV infections jumped eightfold over the past few years in parts of China among gay and bisexual men, according to new data from southern China.
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Researchers note that the newly calculated dates fall during the rise of cities in Africa, and they suggest urban development may have promoted the initial establishment and early spread of HIV.
By DENISE GRADY
Trying to diagnose your own disease by Internet may be reckless or impossible, but the Internet can help when you begin to evaluate treatments.
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By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D
Health is the opposite of a commodity: it flits around like Tinkerbell, defying all the best intentions and predictions.
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Are patients swimming in a sea of health information? Or are they drowning in it?
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
There are a large number of Internet health sites today, and their information is generally reliable.
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
For reticent Britons, disinclined to emote in public, the London-based School of Life - which aims to offer a road map to a fuller life - works as a kind of lubricant.
By DENISE GRADY
People with pancreatic cancer are more likely than those without the disease to have been infected with the hepatitis B virus, a study has shown for the first time.
By KAVITA CHANDRAN AND TAN EE LYN / Reuters
Health crises in developing countries are being exacerbated as Western countries relax stringent immigration regulations to attract doctors and nurses from those countries.
By KEVIN SACK
The U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled will stop paying for medical mistakes under a new law.
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