Articles by

Aimee Cunningham

Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones 

I confess: If I think about skeletons, it’s around Halloween. I especially enjoy the yard displays of...

RSV wasn’t as hard on U.S. babies last winter. This may be why

Last winter’s respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, season wasn’t as brutal for U.S. babies. A new study...

Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option

Many teens who vape want to quit. A recent clinical trial suggests that a drug used to...

Treating male partners along with women may help stop bacterial vaginosis

Treatment for two rather than one may help prevent another bout of a common and unpleasant vaginal...

Why a norovirus vaccine isn’t available — yet

Citations B.V. Venkataram Prasad et al. Norovirus replication, host interactions and vaccine advances. Nature Reviews Microbiology. Published...

A new kind of non-opioid painkiller gets FDA approval

Patients seeking an opioid-free way to handle pain experienced in the short-term will soon have a...

Cigarettes with less nicotine may help some smokers quit

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move...

Is alcohol linked to cancer? Here’s what the science says

The link between drinking alcohol and developing cancer, described in a new report by the U.S. Surgeon...