medicine
Donate a kidney now, and your loved one will have priority status if they need one later.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
Medical science can save lives, but should it do so at the cost of quality of life?
You are only ever a few days away from your demise.
Cancer cells seem to have a harder time growing among pair-bonded mice, according to a new study that explored the “widowhood effect.”
The new brain tumor treatment targets a cancer that kills 75% of patients within a year.
For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay “fresh” for a long time.
Brain cells snap strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than researchers previously thought.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
From “mutilated males” to “wandering wombs,” dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.
By slowing down aging, we could reap trillions of dollars in economic benefits.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Using image analysis tools developed for astronomy, researchers are predicting cancer therapy responses.
Biomedical science assumes that people want to live as long as possible. They don’t.
Age ain’t nothing but a number, but “inflammatory age” may be real.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Are you getting a full 8 hours?
Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses small molecules to alter RNA. Researchers have now used those molecules to alleviate a genetic form of blindness.
Traditional Chinese medicine and Vietnamese culture are driving the pangolin to extinction.
New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.
A new device cured the hiccups 92 percent of the time in a recent study involving more than 200 participants.
It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.
Laughing gas may be far more effective for some than antidepressants.
Dealing with rudeness can nudge you toward cognitive errors.
The Black Death wasn’t the only plague in the 1300s.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
A new study suggests that reports of the impending infertility of the human male are greatly exaggerated.
An early feasibility study finds a potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.