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Truvada can dramatically reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken as a preventative medicine — if taken every day. Studies are underway to determine if young people are likely to take the pill consistently.

Would A Pill To Protect Teens From HIV Make Them Feel Invincible?

Trials are underway to see how effective a pill approved for HIV prevention in adults may be for teenagers. But some worry Truvada could end up encouraging reckless sexual behavior among young people.

Imagine the adolescent brain as the bridge from Star Trek's USS Enterprise, host to a constant tug-of-war between the impulsive Captain Kirk (limbic system) and the reasonable Mr. Spock (prefrontal cortex).

The Teenage Brain: Spock Vs. Captain Kirk

Adolescents get a bad rep for being irrational. The bad news is: It's kinda deserved. The good news is: Every teen brain comes equipped with an internal Mr. Spock, trying to keep them safe.

Lipitor and other statin drugs are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol.

Genetic Disorder May Reveal How Statins Boost Diabetes Risk

People with a hereditary form of very high cholesterol are much less likely to get diabetes, a study finds. And that offers clues as to why cholesterol-lowering drugs sometimes raise diabetes risk.

Thomas McGuane says he writes about the Montana he knows. "I've been there for nearly a half century so I have a pretty good database on what goes on around me," he says.

Forget Big Sky And Cowboys: 'Crow Fair' Is Set In An Unidealized Montana

"I think there's only one interesting story ... and that's struggle," says writer Thomas McGuane. Loners, outcasts and malcontents fill the pages of his new short story collection Crow Fair.

Boko Haram Reportedly Swears Allegiance To The Islamic State

The message purporting to be from the Nigerian extremist group was posted to Twitter pledging to follow the Caliph and to obey ISIS "in times of difficulty and prosperity."

Sgt. Trent Wyatt, a crew member of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion, looks out in the search for MH370 over the Indian Ocean in April of last year. A Malaysian official says the search will continue through the end of May 2015, but if nothing is found, it is "back to the drawing board."

Malaysian Official: Search For MH370 To Continue Through May

The ill-fated airliner disappeared a year ago and despite an intensives search in the southern Indian Ocean, no definitive clues have turned up.

Dr. Kunal Saha (far right) and Anuradha were married in Calcutta, India in 1985. She died 11 years later after being prescribed a dangerous dose of a steroid.

Having Loved And Lost, One Man Takes On Medical Malpractice In India

It's a country whose people are reluctant to report malpractice. But when a doctor prescribed "an astronomical dose of the wrong steroid" to his wife, Kunal Saha was determined to blow the whistle.

Gusty Winds In San Diego County Mountains, Valleys To Last Until Saturday

Forecasters expected the strongest winds Friday morning and Friday night into Saturday morning.

Larvae Of 'Yellow Fever' Mosquito Found In Escondido

A resident called to report the Aedes aegypti larvae earlier this week. One of the mosquitos was also found last week in Chula Vista.

Tuskegee began in 1881 with 30 students in a rundown church and a shanty. Its early buildings were in such bad shape that on rainy days a student had to hold an umbrella over Washington while he lectured.

The Legacy Of Booker T. Washington Revisited

In the centennial year of Booker T. Washington's death, for our 50 Great Teachers project NPR Ed decided to look back at his leadership.

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