Health and Medicine
Contact lenses that change color after releasing drugs into the eye could help doctors determine whether a medication is being delivered to its intended treatment site
Ignorance of medical facts, even by physicians, continues to be a stubborn enemy of truthful therapy. These facts must be repeated until everyone listens
Researchers from the Technion’s Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering invent a promising alternative to today’s antifungal medications.
VitalMiner is hailed as a potential lifesaver by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where it is being piloted in intensive-care unit.
Aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame potassium-k, though FDA approved, found to be toxic to digestive microbes.
Revolutionary drug-free, soft silicone device called NozNoz mechanically diverts smells from olfactory receptors in the nose, which can help curb appetite and change metabolism.
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A new gel shields probiotic bacteria, like the ones above, from the harsh environment of the stomach
A "paintable" treatment for melanoma could shrink skin tumors while avoiding side effects of chemotherapy.
A new compound tested in mice could someday help children with autism.
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Chronic inflammation has a profound effect on how we age
Lumen breath-analysis device and app hacks your metabolism to give you actionable insights on food choices for fitness or weight loss
Can mRNA disrupt the drug industry
These pills could soon be used to deliver tiny micromotors in the human body
In the past there’s also been too many puritanical lies about alcohol.
Like other authorities, Masley claims many North Americans lack magnesium and suggests 300 to 500 mg daily
Two Israeli startups describe how their clinical-stage products could radically change the way people correct their vision
Remember, if chest pain occurs at rest and lasts over five minutes, forget everything and call 911. An immediate stent can be life-saving.
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Pills are typically preferred over injections, so researchers are taking a step toward an oral nanoparticle formulation
Sir William Osler, Professor of Medicine at McGill and Johns Hopkins University, once remarked, “Only the doctor who has the disease really understands it.”
Today, in one North American city, innocent bystanders, young children playing in a school yard were killed in the crossfire of gang war
Israeli startup repurposes discarded kidney dialysis filters to make pure water in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Israeli-American study pinpoints a structural brain difference that accounts for the ability of some people with dyslexia to read well
Novel enzyme treatment may reduce inflammation and scarring that prevent neuronal regeneration, Israeli researchers say
