medicine

The common drug is called gabapentin, which is currently used to control seizures and manage nerve pain.

Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.

Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.

The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.

A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a “wonder drug.”

An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.

Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.

Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.

Protein fibrils accumulate in the brain during neurodegeneration. Cryo-electron microscopy has now uncovered fibrils of an unexpected protein.

The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.

A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.

The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.

A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.

SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.

Disulfiram is an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism. It might also serve as anti-anxiety medication.

Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.

Can electrical stimulation meaningfully substitute for natural touch during a complex task in the real world? We think so.

Behavioral interventions may be better for long-term health.

A new, easy-to-use, $5-device helps address male infertility. It isolates healthy sperm cells based on their natural behavior.

Standard probiotics cannot compare to the diversity that your microbes have.

Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells’ resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream

The Human Genome Project put together 92% of our DNA blueprint. Here’s what it took to complete the rest.

Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.

The results of a recent study found that genetically engineering cats could be a solution to eliminating cat allergies.

If future studies prove it to be successful, this technique for the early detection of pancreatic cancer could save thousands of lives.

Cancer cells hoard iron in unusually high quantities. Scientists have discovered how to leverage this to create safer cancer drugs.

The study shows that it’s possible to map the wildly subjective psychedelic experiences to specific brain regions.

More than 200 years ago, scientists tried to figure out how bats navigate in the dark (or without eyes). This set in motion a series of events that led to the development of ultrasound as a form of psychotherapy.

Could we all attain this superpower?

Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness. A study found it has a similar effect on Venus flytraps.