Medicine (Page 2)

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

Latest in Medicine

Close-up of a female's hands reaching toward the water stream of a shower under the bright sun. The image captures the sensation of cooling off, physical connection with nature, and the beauty of simple rituals. Minimal, sunlit aesthetic, themes of refreshment, tactility, mindfulness, and body awareness.

Yes, you can be allergic to water

By Jennifer Byrne

five different views of a neanderthal tooth with a cavity that was filled

Neanderthal ‘dentists’ treated cavities 59,000 years ago

By Margherita Bassi

Jaw bone exhibiting gold wire dental ligature around bottom teeth

A medieval Scot rocked a 20-carat gold dental bridge

a surgeon performing an eye surgery

Surgeon wears Apple Vision Pro to fix cataract in medical first

By Mack DeGeurin

Pugs and Frenchies could find breathing relief for squishy faces with new treatment

By Mack DeGeurin

Close up of woman holding EpiPen Launcher

Woman builds EpiPen cannon, because why not?

Illustration of two astronauts sitting on toilets while looking at their phones

Even astronauts get constipated in space

The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the viscous tar can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic.

Neanderthals used antibiotics, new experiment suggests

By Laura Baisas

a screenshot of a website showing a human brain, heart, colon, lung, kidney, prostate, placenta, and liver

Explore the human body in stunning, 3D detail with a new online tool

By Laura Baisas

5,000-year-old bacteria thawed in Romanian ice cave

By Laura Baisas

A vintage, colorful movie poster for the 1931 film Frankenstein. In the center, a large, dramatic close-up of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster looms over the other characters. He has a pale, squared-off head, visible scarring on his forehead, and heavy-lidded eyes looking downward with a somber expression. The poster is divided into segments: Bottom left: A well-dressed man in a suit and a woman in a pink dress look off-camera with concerned expressions. Bottom right: Two men are engaged in a tense conversation; one appears to be Dr. Frankenstein, gesturing animatedly with his hands toward an older man. The overall aesthetic is dark and atmospheric, using a "vignette" style with deep blacks and pops of green and blue in the background.

Human head transplants’ gory, Frankenstein-esque history

By Nidhi Sharma

Hands warming near a bonfire at night

Fire may have altered human DNA

A white woman cracks her fingers. She has muted purple nail polish on and a muted purple blouse on, too.

Is cracking your knuckles really bad for them?

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Close up of Greenland shark with copepod attached to eye

Dissected Greenland shark eyeballs could help humans see forever

Woman in her twenties with open eyes and extended eyelashes

5 breakthrough health innovations in 2025

a scared man with several dental tools in his mouth

Quieter dental drills may be on the horizon

By Laura Baisas

a piece of sliced turkey on a white plate with a side of mashed potatoes, stuffing, and green beans. a dish of cranberry sauce is on the left side

Tired of turkey? Try gene edited, meat-like fungi.

By Mack DeGeurin

Scanning electron microscopy image of the engineered 3D bone marrow tissue colonized with human blood cells (red). Andrés García García, University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine

New lab-made bone marrow model is a bioengineering first

By Laura Baisas

Microrobot capsule on tip of finger close up

These tiny robots swim through your blood to fight strokes

Neural implant sensor resting on grain of salt

This brain implant is smaller than a grain of rice

rotten eggs with black and white fuzzy mold on them

Stinky ‘rotten egg’ gas could fight nail infections

By Laura Baisas

Side-by-side of a coiled green mamba and a white llama

The secret ingredient in a snake antivenom? Llamas.

Kidney transplant in container

Donor organ’s blood type altered for the first time

empty capsules with a colorful capsule-like device in the middle

World’s smallest ‘bioprinter’ is the size of a pill

By Mack DeGeurin

peeled and open kiwis. they have green fruit with brown skins

Constipated? Try kiwis.

By Margherita Bassi

Smelt fish under ice. Fish spawning in river. Pacific smelt

Fake fish blood may save your ice cream from freezer burn

a fly with green and black coloring lands on a green leaf

Surgical tools could get a bug-inspired upgrade

By Laura Baisas

A small, light blue vintage box of TAMPAX tampons is shown resting on a white surface. The box has blue text that reads "Sanitary Protection + Worn Internally," "TAMPAX," and "Accepted for Advertising by The American Medical Association." A single tampon, wrapped in paper and plastic, leans against the box.

How WWI and WWII revolutionized period products

By Cat Rainsford

Empty dentist office showing tools and chair

Extreme fear of the dentist linked to childhood trauma

A colorized vintage photo shows a smiling blonde woman in a salmon-colored dress waving her hand while seated at a dark wooden counter or bar. Two men in white staff uniforms and hats are leaning over the counter, laughing with her, one of whom is holding a cigar. The other offers her a drink in a tall glass. Several other men in hats are visible in the background.

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

a mannequin with its neck skin being removed

3D-printed skin stretches, bleeds like the real thing

By Mack DeGeurin

a woman popping a red pimple on her chin

Researchers develop a pimple patch that actually seems to work

By Margherita Bassi

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