A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist ~health healthcare medicine Article 1296 words 13 votes
Why delivering a future COVID-19 vaccine might be our greatest logistical challenge yet ~health medicine Video 15:07, published Sep 23 2020 8 votes
With silver diamine fluoride, some dentists are obliterating cavities with a few brushstrokes ~health medicine Article 1541 words, published Sep 14 2020 8 votes
Joseph Goldberger’s filth parties: A crusading doctor’s stomach-churning efforts to beat back pellagra in the American South ~health medicine Article 1898 words, published Sep 8 2020 9 votes
Bradykinin storms are the hottest new hypothesis for why Covid-19 can wreak havoc on the body ~health medicine Article 2460 words 12 votes
Low doses of LSD have been found to increase pain tolerance comparable to oxycodone or morphine ~science chemistry medicine Article 1146 words 4 votes
97,000 people got convalescent plasma. Who knows if it works? ~health medicine Article 3165 words 7 votes
The bombing and the breakthrough: How a chemical weapons disaster in World War II led to a US cover-up - and a new cancer treatment ~humanities.history Article 6782 words 11 votes
Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy ~science medicine Article 941 words 5 votes
US states seek $2.2 trillion from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma: filings ~health medicine Article 649 words 15 votes
Lab mice have a chill, and that may be messing up study results ~science biology medicine Article 608 words, published Apr 19 2016 2 votes
New techniques are helping medical researchers develop new anti-cancer drugs and gain a better understanding of how existing ones work ~science medicine Article 1311 words, published Jul 27 2020 5 votes
Hydroxychloroquine: "Extra-scientific factors overrode clear-cut medical evidence" ~health medicine Article 1258 words, published Jul 23 2020 4 votes
Scientists are 3D printing miniature human organs to test coronavirus drugs ~science biology medicine Article 1339 words 5 votes
UK, US, and Canada accuse Russia of trying to steal information from coronavirus vaccine researchers ~tech Link 15 votes
If we want any US vaccine to actually work, we have to prepare for it now ~health medicine Article 995 words 12 votes
Headaches top symptom for coronavirus, but only one third have any sign of illness ~health medicine Article 446 words 6 votes
A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won’t act, scientists say ~health medicine Article 1738 words 15 votes
Pathologist found blood clots in 'almost every organ' during autopsies on Covid-19 patients ~health medicine Article 8 votes
Study finds hydroxychloroquine may have boosted survival, but other researchers have doubts ~health medicine Article 5 votes
World's first inactivated COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies ~health medicine Article 597 words 12 votes
A year on, first patient to get gene editing for sickle cell disease is thriving ~science biology medicine Article 1363 words 8 votes
HIV drugs have transformed the lives of people in rich nations. In Papua New Guinea, the virus is mutating ~health medicine Article 1643 words 8 votes
Hypertension affects one in four adults and is usually treated with medication, even though lifestyle changes can reduce blood pressure ~health healthcare medicine Article 298 words 6 votes
A Native American tribe plans to build an opioid treatment center, but neighbors have vowed to block it ~health healthcare medicine Article 3117 words 6 votes
US FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 ~health medicine Article 266 words 6 votes
Type A blood converted to universal donor blood with help from bacterial enzymes ~science biology medicine Article 696 words, published Jun 10 2019 10 votes
Coronavirus may be a blood vessel disease, which explains everything ~health medicine Article 54 words 26 votes
Urine test for kidney stones gives results in thirty minutes ~health medicine healthcare Article 652 words 6 votes
Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus ~health medicine Article 603 words 6 votes
‘How can I be sick?’ Woman who took hydroxychloroquine for nineteen years to treat lupus still got COVID-19 ~health medicine Article 456 words 13 votes
Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US and Canada after tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer ~science chemistry medicine Article 374 words 10 votes
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results ~health medicine Article 1205 words 5 votes
US President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against coronavirus, dismissing safety concerns ~health medicine Article 332 words 21 votes
The Hongerwinter: How famine under the Nazis revealed the cause of celiac disease ~humanities.history Article 1605 words, published Mar 29 2018 6 votes
Remdesivir distribution causes confusion, leaves some US hospitals empty-handed ~health healthcare medicine Article 1052 words, published May 14 2020 4 votes
Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds ~health medicine Article 646 words 5 votes
Mouse embryos that are four per cent human are step towards spare organs ~science medicine biology Article 601 words 4 votes
Blind people could 'see' letters that scientists drew on their brains with electricity: scientists stimulated the brain using electrodes implanted on its surface ~science medicine Link 8 votes
Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications ~health medicine Article 754 words 12 votes
Smallpox and the long road to eradication ~science medicine Article 722 words, published Nov 12 2019 6 votes
First drug known to work against SARS-CoV-2— remdesivir—imaged in action ~health medicine Article 1116 words 11 votes
The COVID-19 vaccine: How do we immunize seven billion people? ~health medicine Article 1847 words 5 votes
Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial ~health medicine Link 4 votes