Epidemiology : Discovery News

Moderate Drinking and Miscarriage Linked

Posted by Emily Sohn Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:26 PM ET | 0

Just two glasses of wine each week during the first four months of pregnancy is found to increase the rate of miscarriage significantly. Read more

Drug Coatings Can Contain Problematic Chemicals

Posted by Emily Sohn Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM ET | 0

Potentially harmful chemicals show up in a wide variety of drugs and supplements, especially ones with time-release coatings. Read more

Busy High School Model Shows How Diseases Spread

Posted by Eric Bland Mon Dec 13, 2010 03:00 PM ET | 0

Students and staff in a high school had 762,868 encounters in one day, revealing how quickly diseases can spread. Read more

Chlorinated Pools May Increase Cancer Risk

Posted by Emily Sohn Sun Sep 12, 2010 06:00 PM ET | 0

A new collection of studies show a rise in blood markers associated with cancer in swimmers using chlorinated pools. Read more

Summer Bummer: Beaches Can Make You Sick

Posted by Emily Sohn Wed Aug 4, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0

Next time you're packing your towel and sunscreen for a trip to the beach, you may want to check water quality reports, too. Read more

Cough Into Your Cell Phone, Get Diagnosis

Posted by Eric Bland Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:35 PM ET | 0

Coughing into your cell phone could soon save you a trip to the doctor's office. Read more

Bugs in the Wind

Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Wed Sep 30, 2009 06:24 PM ET | 0

Long before passenger planes carried infectious diseases to far-flung parts of the globe, dust storms were doing the same thing. Here's how. Read more

Dust storms are carrying disease-carrying microbes around the world.

Swine Flu Near? Ask Your iPhone: Discovery News

Posted Fri Jul 31, 2009 04:48 AM ET

Those worried about swine flu can track outbreaks almost in real-time through a new iPhone application. Read more

Bone Marrow Transplant Appears to Cure AIDS: Discovery News

Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 04:17 AM ET

An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said. Read more

Bees Analyzed to Understand Serial Killers : Discovery News

Posted Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:04 AM ET

Studying species in the animal world helps police catch human criminals -- and vice versa. Read more

Genome Changes With Age: Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed Jun 25, 2008 06:46 AM ET

Individual human genomes change throughout a person's life influenced by environmental or nutritional factors which may explain why illnesses such as cancer come with age, a study said Tuesday. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed Apr 2, 2008 10:20 AM ET

Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to get hooked on tobacco, causing them to smoke more cigarettes, making it harder to quit, and leading more often to deadly lung cancer. Read more