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Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
For many of us, our imperfect vision compels us to wear corrective lenses to see properly. Here's what everyone should know about LASIK.
Locked inside their minds, thousands await a cure. Neuroscientist Daniel Toker is racing to find it.
For a substantial part of human history, people thought smoking tobacco was perfectly healthy. Native American tribes, who introduced the tobacco plant to Europeans and — by extension, the rest […]
Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?
It has already been trialed in people and could give us a better way to analyze and stimulate the brain.
The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.
The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
There may be a faster, less-painful way to use radiation against cancer.
The researchers and patients are excited to see if color vision will develop over time.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
John Templeton Foundation
Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
A new, easy-to-use, $5-device helps address male infertility. It isolates healthy sperm cells based on their natural behavior.
Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]