Are you male or female? The answer to this seemingly simple question can have a major impact on your health. While both sexes are similar in many ways, researchers have found that sex and social factors can make a difference when it comes to your risk for disease, how well you respond to medications, and […]
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RECIFE, Brazil – As scientists have tried to solve the medical mystery behind the surge of babies being born with devastating birth defects in Brazil, they’ve pieced together evidence that the mosquito-borne Zika virus may be to blame. But in northeast Brazil, many residents have fashioned a rival theory: That the defects are caused by […]
IPOJUCA, Brazil – Eight out of 10 patients who walk into this industrial city’s hospital have a rash, a fever and terrible pain, says nurse Vanessa DiBrito Sales. They’ve all been bitten by the wrong mosquito, and they’re all suffering mightily for it. Like other public hospitals in Brazil, Ipojuca’s is contending with three mosquito-borne […]
From the outside, babies born with microcephaly all have the telltale features: Doll-sized heads on human-sized bodies, their foreheads sloped precipitously away from their faces. But on the inside, the babies’ brains can differ dramatically depending on what specifically has caused their damage. And the injury caused by Zika is unique enough that doctors believe […]
