The claims on sports supplements are typically grandiose; performance-building, muscle-bulking, fat-burning, stamina-enhancing and recovery-boosting. But as the industry has grown
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In a medical first, a trauma patient was put into a state of suspended animation
New Scientist reports that a team of doctors working at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has, for the
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Fascinating scans reveal how humans can survive with HALF a brain
Fascinating scans of six patients reveal how humans can survive with just HALF a brain The patients aged 20-30 had
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A new link between migraines, opioid overuse may be key to treating pain
About 10% of the world population suffers from migraine headaches, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Cell death or cancer growth: A question of cohesion
Activation of CD95, a receptor found on all cancer cells, triggers programmed cell death—or does the opposite, namely stimulates cancer
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Cracking the mystery of a rare bleeding disorder—and pursuing ‘off-the-shelf’ drugs to treat it
Consider for a moment that your life is dominated by spontaneous nosebleeds, chronic stomach hemorrhaging, persistent anemia and a complex
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How to fake a medical record in order to mitigate privacy risks
In machine learning, generative adversarial networks (GANs) involve two artificial neural networks squaring off, one, the generator, trying to delude
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HIV rates rise FIVE-FOLD in a decade among menopausal women
HIV rates rise FIVE-FOLD in a decade among menopausal women ‘because they feel there is no longer any need to
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Musical tinnitus: A case of the song that never ends
Susan Root, not pictured, said the issue started back in 2010 when she heard a familiar song from her childhood.
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New technique to identify a common cause to TMA diseases for which there is a treatment
There is a group of diseases whose symptoms have a common origin: a lesion in the endothelial tissue that covers
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