Rob Stein appears in the following:
'Provocative' Research Turns Skin Cells Into Sperm
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Experimental Technique Coaxes Muscles Destroyed By War To Regrow
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Facing Execution Drug Shortage, States Struggle To Get Cocktail Right
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
With New E-Cigarette Rules, FDA Hopes To Tame A 'Wild, Wild West'
Thursday, April 24, 2014
FDA Moves To Regulate Increasingly Popular E-Cigarettes
Thursday, April 24, 2014
FDA Advisers Vote Against Approving New Opioid Painkiller
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Powerful Narcotic Painkiller Up For FDA Approval
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Voodoo Dolls Prove It: Hunger Makes Couples Turn On Each Other
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Doctors Use 3-D Printing To Help A Baby Breathe
Monday, March 17, 2014
Mix Of Gut Microbes May Play Role In Crohn's Disease
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Genetic Sequencing May Not Be Ready To Become Routine
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Blood Test Provides More Accurate Prenatal Testing For Down Syndrome
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Scientists Question Safety Of Genetically Altering Human Eggs
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Flu Strikes Younger Adults Hard This Year
Thursday, February 20, 2014
This year's flu season is hitting younger and middle-aged adults unusually hard, federal health officials say.
More than 60 percent of flu patients who ended up in the hospital this year have been between the ages of 18 and 64. The proportion of young people among the hospitalized is much ...
Babies' Immune Systems May Stand Down To Let Good Microbes Grow
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Here's possible solace for parents who are up at night with a baby who gets sick all the time: There appears to be a good reason why infant immune systems don't fight off germs.
A newborn's immune system is deliberately not doing battle with every germ that comes along so ...
Getting Your Microbes Analyzed Raises Big Privacy Issues
Monday, November 04, 2013
After spending months working on a series of stories about the trillions of friendly microbes that live in and on our bodies, I decided it might be interesting to explore my own microbiome.
So I pulled out my credit card and paid the $99 needed to sign up for the ...
Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us — And In Us
Monday, November 04, 2013
The next time you look in a mirror, think about this: In many ways you're more microbe than human. There are 10 times more cells from microorganisms like bacteria and fungi in and on our bodies than there are human cells.
Scientists increasingly think that these microorganisms have a huge ...
FDA Seeks To Tighten Controls On Hydrocodone Painkillers
Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration Thursday announced that it wants the federal government to impose tough new restrictions on some of the most widely used prescription painkillers.
The FDA said it planned to recommend that Vicodin and other prescription painkillers containing the powerful opioid hydrocodone be reclassified from a ...
Big Measles Outbreaks Worry Federal Health Officials
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Federal health officials are worried about an unusually high number of measles cases occurring in the United States this year.
There have been at least eight outbreaks so far this year involving 159 cases, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday in its Morbidity and ...
FDA Ratchets Down On Prescribing Of OxyContin And Other Opioids
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration today took another step toward restricting use of OxyContin and other powerful and often-abused prescription pain medications.
The move comes amid an emotional debate over so-called long-acting opioid analgesics. Federal health officials and others are concerned about the rising number of Americans who ...