Latest Medicine Stories
Many folks with appendicitis could skip surgery
How studying chicken butts cracked the inner workings of our immune system
Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot
The weirdest things we learned this week: baby skeleton art, zombie presidents, and solar-powered telegraphs
AI could make MRI scans as much as 10 times faster
Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak
Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays
Americans have some really mixed feelings about editing human embryos
The weirdest things we learned this week: Curing syphilis with malaria, ejecting bears from planes, and discovering new beer yeasts
A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness
Beauty vitamins promise shinier hair, stronger nails, and suppler skin, but do they work?
CRISPR could use gold nanoparticles to edit your brain
How to relocate a uterus
There’s finally a drug that prevents migraines instead of just treating them
Mosquito spit primes your body for disease—so scientists want to make an anti-saliva vaccine
How to safely dispose of your old medications
Homeopathic and natural remedies aren’t the same thing—and only one of them is total nonsense
My ancestor died of a splinter. Wait, what?
Many heavy pot users suffer severe nausea—and they’ve all landed on the same weird solution
Some of your favorite products have absurd medicinal histories
Most teens still visit pediatricians—but they deserve doctors trained to treat them
Whatever the latest infectious disease outbreak is, explained. (This time, it’s mumps.)
IBM wants to replace antibiotics with these big ol’ synthetic molecules
Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine
Five new science books you should read this month
Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer
An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body
Thanks, anti-vaxxers: Measles is on the rise in Europe
This year’s flu vaccine is only 36 percent effective—and that’s great news
Still need a flu shot? Here’s how to find one near you.
This flu season has killed 53 kids so far. Here’s what worried parents should do.
Should I get a flu shot? Is it too late to get a flu shot?
How bad this flu season really is—and what you should do about it
11 gifts for 7 types of science enthusiast
Here are the cold and flu remedies that actually work
People with egg allergies don’t actually need a special flu shot
New trials show cancer immunotherapy can be incredibly effective—and incredibly dangerous
We’re missing out on a better way to make flu vaccines
This year’s flu season looks like a bad one—and it could be coming early
Can we make a flu vaccine that lasts for life?
No, there has not been a successful human head transplant
Why does my arm hurt the day after I get my flu shot?
Gene therapy just saved a young boy’s life—by giving him new skin
Five animals that do our dirty work for us
The secrets of gecko tails could help heal human spine injuries
The first genetically engineered humans might not have their DNA tweaked at all
Why are we so bad at producing the right flu vaccines?
California’s hepatitis A outbreak shows why people need easy access to health care
The first smallpox vaccine changed the world—but we’re still not sure what was in it
You should get the flu shot—even if it won’t keep you from getting sick
Is living forever going to suck?
There is no evidence that flu vaccines cause miscarriages
Scientists want to turn our gut bacteria into medicine
The FDA says ecstasy is a ‘breakthrough’ drug for PTSD patients
U.S. researchers have used gene editing to combat heart disease in human embryos
Scientists are trying to treat autoimmune disease with intestinal worms
It looks like we’re one step closer to creating genetically modified humans in a lab
You may not need to finish your antibiotics (but you probably still should)
Why doctors are still studying JFK’s chronic back pain
Researchers used CRISPR to encode a movie into DNA
Personalized vaccines could help the immune system fight cancer
Scientists have a fascinating new way to determine the age of skeletal remains
‘FDA approved’ medical devices don’t actually have to do what they promise
Vaccines of the future could be as contagious as viruses