Health and Medicine
Do Ketogenic Diets Really Work?
Football players and others who experience concussions could have changes in molecules involved in a key signaling pathway, according to a rodent study
An extract from Strophanthus gratus, an African plant, could someday be the basis of a male oral contraceptive.
Chemotherapy could someday have fewer side effects if loaded into a "protocell" nanoparticle that specifically burrows into the deepest tumor regions
The first company-sponsored clinical trials of the gene editing system will treat genetic blood diseases
It’s ironic that the Canadian government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on opioid addiction. Yet it fails to comprehend the health benefits of an insulin pill
The swimming power of sperm could deliver cancer drugs directly to cervical tumors
Blueberry vinegar could restore cognitive function in mice
Procedure was part of a clinical trial of human bone tissue grown in a bioreactor from fat cells of the same patient, eliminating risk of rejection
There’s little controversy that pets are helpful to children with autism, developmental disorders and to those who have been abused.
This is the 42nd year I’ve had the pleasure of wishing readers a happy and healthy Christmas. And my thanks for sending along your comments this past year
Vanillin someday could be used to prevent or reduce psoriatic skin inflammation
Remember, diagnosing whether it’s heartburn or a coronary attack can be difficult at times. If there’s any doubt, go immediately to the emergency.
Dealing with Anxiety
Cancer patients dying in needless agony
Facial fractures among older adults are on the rise. And taking arsenic in some activities would seem to be a safer option for some seniors
Corn muffins and other foods made with biofortified maize and eggs retain vitamin A after being cooked
Overdose deaths from heroin, fentanyl and misused prescription painkillers have tripled in the past 15 years
We are headed to a single payer socialized medical insurance which will limit doctor visits and access to procedures based on rationed care.
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Giving needle-free flu vaccines a sho
Butcher paper and other packaging materials could one day get a makeover with a virus-infused, "sugar glass" coating that could help food last longer.
Reliance on feelings over facts when it comes to studying and treating children who think they're transgender
Healthymize is the first product to monitor a COPD patient’s voice automatically and consistently in the background of all phone conversations.
Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, ‘father’ of medical cannabis, turns focus on asthma at Hebrew University’s Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabis Research.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the South African branch of Israel’s national emergency service, Magen David Adom, have sent aid to Madagascar following a deadly outbreak of the Black Death