Sauna for your mental health.
Science Daily goes for a schvitz and a think with the University of Finland, where researchers have found that frequent sauna visits protect men against […]
medicine
China’s used CRISPR in human subjects, to treat cancer.
Nature reports on gene-editing technology that’s being used for the first time in human beings: On 28 October, a team led by oncologist Lu You […]
A superbug antibiotic… that comes out of our noses?
Nature fearlessly plunges into our nostrils in search of bacteria that can kill MRSA: The potential new soldier in the fight against MRSA is a […]
Thumb-sucking and nail-biting gives kids allergy resistance.
Science Daily reveals the hidden health benefits of sucking your thumb and biting your nails: The researchers [of New Zealand’s Dunedin School of Medicine, assisted […]
They’ve just about got a vaccine for Zika.
Science Daily reports on a pretty quick turnaround for a health crisis: In a paper published today in the journal Nature, a research team led […]
You swallow this pork origami robot, see… no, really.
Washington Post reports on a swallowable, unfolding robot for retrieving the little batteries that little kids swallow: Across the United States, a child swallows a […]
New skin-cancer combo wipes out 20% of tumors.
Another BBC story, this one about a family of immune-boosting drugs that eat away melanoma in a fifth of patients: The first survival data on […]
Prostate drug tested as pedophilia treatment… in crowd-funded experiment.
Science has the convoluted story of the prostate-cancer drug that lowers testosterone levels enough that people are willing to try it as a cure for […]
No foolin’: this pen “writes” in stem cells. It can draw new body parts.
Science Daily shows off a new medical device that grows new human parts in whatever shape you can draw them: In a landmark proof-of-concept experiment, […]
Y’know who digs your smartphone? Medical researchers, that’s who.
Nature explores the impact of our little pocket computers on the way medical research is done: Smartphone apps developed by academics, pharmaceutical companies and technology […]
Can Alzheimer’s be transmitted?
Nature follows a researcher who noticed typical Alzheimer’s lesions in very untypical patients – young people who died after receiving contaminated growth hormone injections: For […]
A new generation of anti-Alzheimer’s drugs
BBC News covers the preventative medicines that act like statins for your brain: Statins are taken by people to reduce the risk of developing heart […]
Living at high-altitude reduces lung-cancer risk.
New York Times reports on strange correlations – especially a study that found high-altitude hometowns reduce your risk of lung cancer: A paper published last […]
Bike helmets save lives. Bike helmet *laws* hurt people.
Outside has an interesting look at unintended consequences, examining a University of Colorado study into why bike-helmet laws increase injuries: Studies show that the laws […]
Flesh Velcro fixes hearts.
Irish Examiner looks into the “biological Velcro” that could soon help repair damaged hearts: Velcro uses two sheets of material, one covered by hooks and […]