Health and Medicine

Current research shows that Low Intensity Laser Therapy is a new way to treat concussion but has received little medical attention. It also has the appeal of being non-toxic, non-invasive and is completely safe

C&EN's Year in Pharma 2018

Portable, wearable device will offer over-the-counter alternative to pills or surgery, to be used as needed

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Paid off journal editors, Scientific Fraud, Inappropriate image duplication, Hoaxes,

Countries debate plan to equate digitized DNA data to biological material

Making biologics on demand

Vines, similar to those pictured, contain a compound that could make pancreatic cancer cells susceptible to starvation

Addicts who exercise appear to be less vulnerable to relapsing upon returning to the environment where drugs were previously taken

Hebrew University researchers share results of a new glioblastoma treatment with the potential to improve and extend patients’ lives

The immune system is a powerful weapon in fighting infection

Breakthrough development uses a patient's own stomach cells, cutting the risk of an immune response to implanted organs

Israel’s Collplant inks licensing and commercialization deal with major American biotech firm to make human organs

Nurse practitioners, wellness coaches, and nutritionists, who can direct patients to improved lifestyle and to circumvent chronic conditions

Some hard apple ciders may contain added sugars not disclosed on the label

Israeli startup iNNOGING enables physicians to manipulate captured ultrasound video and perform a dynamic exam virtually without the patient present.

So, at the moment, evidence of stem cell benefit depends on who you talk to

The Standardization of Outpatient Procedure (STOP) Narcotics: A Prospective Noninferiority Study to Reduce Opioid Use in Outpatient General Surgical Procedures

No journalist, nor any doctor, wants to advise against vaccination and have a child die needlessly from an infectious disease. Nor do they want to see a child vaccinated and develop a life-long complication

AAFP announced it was formally adopting a position of "engaged neutrality" on for physician-assisted suicide

Dialysis requires hours of being tethered to a machine like the one below, but a new urea sorbent could accelerate development of a wearable artificial kidney

Don’t forget the importance of smaller portions, add more fruits and vegetables, buy a pedometer to check the number of steps taken each day, and to measure your progress, step on the scale every day

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.