Latin American’s science contribution against COVID-19
Research against Covid-19 in Latin America brings hope in the middle of the crisis.
Tag: Health & Medicine
Smallest-yet image sensor for medical use wins Guinness World Record
It's the size of a grain of sand.
Trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize for uncovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels
Oxygen keeps the world turning. Well not really, but it's important for cells.
Doctors use CRISPR technique for the first time to treat genetic disorder
It's time to put CRISPR to the test, but researchers are cautious.
Medicinal plants used in the Civil War can stomp our modern antibiotic-resistant germs
Old tricks, new ways to implement them.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine launches website about vaccine facts
"Our work has validated that the science is clear—vaccines are extremely safe,"
Reefer Madness: 85 years later
A look at how antiquated views and obsolete policies impact patients and physicians alike.
The CDC warns that “chronic Lyme” is bogus and the treatments are horrifying and deadly
The only thing 'chronic' about chronic Lyme is the suffering treatments will cause you.
Homeopathic products will be labeled as bogus unless there’s scientific proof that they work
Maybe they'll wiggle out of it by printing with ink diluted 1000 times to make it more effective.
First living-donor uterus transplant in the US performed in Texas
Out of four procedures, one has potential for success.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy
"I was surprised. I was in my lab," the professor recalls.
Celebrating life one awesome picture at a time: the Welcome Image Awards 2016
Big science going on at the small scale.
2015 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine Awarded
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is split into three parts, being divided between William C. Campbell and ...
First long term study on medical cannabis shows only small adverse effects, but also small reductions in pain
A new study conducted on medical consumption of cannabis came up with some good news, and some bad news: for ...
Everything you wanted to know about homeopathy but never asked
Last week we described a study which concluded that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo effect -- it was just ...
India Among 15 Nations Tops in Child Pneumonia Deaths: IVAC Study
India Among 15 Nations Tops in Child Pneumonia Deaths: IVAC Study - Breastfeeding for six months, early diagnosis and medicine, effective ...
Giving Primates a Third Arm (and Why it Matters)
When you first hear of the work done by Miguel Nicolelis and his team, though the "cool factor" is high, ...
G-spot study sparks controversy
The G-Spot debate is probably never gonna end; and who can carry it out better than the English and the ...
AIDS vaccine shows success for the first time
AIDS is one of the most dangerous diseases nowadays, being a pandemic for many years now, and there's been quite ...