Tag: medicine
How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune...
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and...
Poison or cure? Traditional Chinese medicine shows that context can make...
Yan Liu, University at Buffalo
Poisons today typically evoke notions of harm and danger – the opposite of medicines...
Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for...
Lara Coughlin, University of Michigan
CC BY-NDIn stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively...
They don’t come as pills, but try these 6 underprescribed lifestyle...
Yoram Vodovotz, University of Pittsburgh and Michael Parkinson, University of Pittsburgh
The majority of Americans are stressed, sleep-deprived and overweight and suffer from largely preventable...
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s...
Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It slowly destroys memory, thinking and behaviors, and eventually the...
The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020,...
How an Alberta researcher’s discovery of hepatitis C led to the...
John Bergeron, McGill University
This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to virologists Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and...
More dengue fever and less malaria – mosquito control strategies may...
Jason Rasgon, Pennsylvania State University
As it becomes too warm for comfort, the Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria may lose the battle against climate change...
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Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
