Medicine(Page 2)

Insights into the healthcare system and the latest in pharmaceutical development.

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a woman sneezing by a window with sun streaming in

UV light can fight indoor allergens

By Laura Baisas

A thin section of a maize ear at a very early stage of development (about 3 millimeters long). Each color represents the expression of a different gene in stem cells and associated cells.

Want better corn? Color its stem cells.

white laboratory rat isolated on grey background

Researchers successfully heal rats’ broken spines

By Margherita Bassi

a robot dog walking with three humans

The perfect robot guide dog shouldn’t be cute

By Mack DeGeurin

a baby koala in a tree

First koala chlamydia vaccine approved

By Laura Baisas

How does anesthesia work? Experts still have questions.

By RJ Mackenzie

a close-up of a green eye with gold around the black pupil

LASIK without the laser? Rabbit eyeballs hint at a new option

By Laura Baisas

A hand holding a french fry dipped in ketchup, with a plate of fries, a sandwich, and more ketchup in the background.

Ketchup was once a diarrhea cure

By Vittoria Traverso

Close up of dental exam on woman's teeth

Want a better toothpaste? Just add wool

a brown mouse standingCREDIT: Manuel Haderer/500 px via Getty Images on ice

Earth welcomes baby mice from space

By Laura Baisas

Spilled salt shaker on table

Man develops psychosis following ChatGPT’s salt-free diet

A smiling woman bundled in a dark puffer jacket, grey knitted hood, and fingerless gloves applies lip balm in a green tube to her lips. She has light skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, and her gaze is directed slightly off to the right. The background is blurred, showing an outdoor setting with buildings and trees, suggesting a cool or cold day.

Lip balm’s surprising history from earwax to Lip Smackers

Close-up of a dead mosquito lying on its back on a flat surface, its legs curled upward and abdomen visibly red with ingested blood, with wings partially extended and fine hairs on its limbs catching the light.

This drug can turn your blood into mosquito poison

By Mack DeGeurin

Close up of older man using eye drops

Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness

a small, yellow snail with dark eyes

Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs

By Laura Baisas

Australian major skink

Australian lizard mutated to resist snake venom

Close up of women flossing

Future vaccines could be delivered by dental floss

A highly detailed visualization of a glowing blue neuron with electric impulses traveling through its synapses. This futuristic and scientific representation illustrates brain activity, artificial intelligence, and the complexity of neural networks in both biology and technology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

anatomical heart made of paper

Surgeons develop 2 ways to ‘restart’ hearts without a donor’s body

By Mack DeGeurin

Medieval manuscripts like the Cotton MS Vitellius C III highlight uses for herbs that reflect modern-day wellness trends. Image Credit: The British Library.

Dark Age detoxes sometimes resembled TikTok health trends

The XIX copy sculpture of an ancient Roman Emperor - Caligula - Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Mad emperor Caligula may have been a big plant guy

Close up of hand applying acupuncture needles to back

Oldest known steel acupuncture needles discovered in disgraced emperor’s tomb

An illustration of a microscopic neural network in the brain.

Even old brains can make new neurons, study suggests

By Lauren Leffer

a doctor usess a tongue depressor to examine a young boy's throat

Do we need our tonsils?

By Lauren Leffer

a small, inflated red ballon simulating an egg is surrounded on one side by multiple deflated balloons of various colors simulating sperm

Should I freeze my sperm? Men consider their ‘sixth vital sign.’

a long black amphibian with feathered gills called an axolotl swims in a fish tank

Axolotl mucus peptides attack breast cancer cells and MRSA

By Laura Baisas

12/11/24 - BOSTON, MA. - Northeastern chair and professor of biology James Monaghan works with axolotls in his lab in the Mugar Life Sciences on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.

A chemical in acne medicine can help regenerate limbs

By Lauren Leffer

Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells.

This parasite rips apart human cells and wears them as disguises

A 3D rendering of a sperm cell.

Next-generation male contraceptives could rely on the perfect temperature

By Laura Baisas

a bandage with daffy duck from looney tunes on a child's arm

Why using the same arm for vaccines might boost the body’s response

By Laura Baisas

a person scratches an itchy arm

Your skin is crawling with zombie cells–some help, some hurt

By Laura Baisas

a box labeled measles, mumps, and rubella virus vaccine and two vials

New study: US could see millions of measles cases if vaccination rates keep dropping

By Laura Baisas

This sticker reads emotions (even the ones you try to hide)

By Mack DeGeurin

Close up of woman's mouth during dental exam

Lab-grown teeth could be the future of dentistry

close up of finger balancing a grain of rice next to tiny pacemaker for size comparison

World’s smallest pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice

A low-polygon human brain dissolves from top to bottom, visually representing the progression of memory loss

How an unusual medical procedure transmitted Alzheimer’s

By RJ Mackenzie

A child’s cheek with the characteristic rash associated with measles.

The shaky science behind treating measles with vitamin A

An Opened Prescription Medicine Bottle Among Many Other Sealed Bottles on Yellow Background High Angle View.

How prescription drugs get their names

By Julia Craven

Close up of hands preparing pill capsules in lab

‘Poop pills’ tested in pancreatic cancer patients

Image of nanoflower structure

Future bandages could be armed with nanoflowers

Pulmonary tuberculosis,spreading through the lungs.

Clinical trial finds three new ways to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis

By Laura Baisas

Demonstration of the easily injectable hydrogel

Injectable hydrogel can strengthen brittle bones

Close up of person using nasal spray

FDA approves first-of-its-kind nasal spray for severe depression

a scientist in a lab pierces the inside of an oyster to extract blood

Oyster blood could fight superbugs

By Laura Baisas

Ring-Pop on hand

FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks

Close up of silver hands from silver poisoning

Mysterious silver poisoning turned an 84-year-old gray for good

red brain neurons

Why is deep sleep so important to memory? It’s about time.

By Laura Baisas

Three people's hands holding beers at bar

AI thought knee X-rays could tell if you drink beer and eat refried beans

a variety of products on a banner reading 'best of what's new 2024'

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

a body on a morgue table with only the feet showing and a toe tag on the big toe

What happens when you donate your body to science?

By RJ Mackenzie

a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and organelles in yellow-green).

Bioengineers made mutant, solar-powered hamster cells

da Vinci Surgical System practicing sutures on pork loin

Watch a robot operate on a pork loin

a person performs CPR

Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

By Laura Baisas

Close up of two rhesus monkeys

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’

Human tissue sample created in 3D bioprinter

Bioprinting breakthrough uses acoustic waves to create lab-grown human tissue

Gila monster spit inspired a new way to detect rare pancreatic tumors

five toothbrushes in a cup on a bathroom sink

The next lifesaving antibiotic might be a virus on your toothbrush

By Laura Baisas

Nurse putting blood pressure monitor arm band on patient

How to ensure your doctor measures your blood pressure correctly

a snake with an open mouth and visible fangs

New tool helps scientists identify venomous snakes

By Laura Baisas

a woman scratches several red mosquito bites on her shoulder

‘Ancient, funny’ cells are to blame for itchy mosquito bites

By Laura Baisas

A freshly-collected batch of venomous cone snails.

Precise, lethal sea snail toxin could one day lead to better medicines

By Laura Baisas

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

By Laura Baisas