Would you trust a surgeon or a robot with your life? Recent events suggest you should prefer the latter. A piece of technology known as the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) did a better [...]
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are sending four strains of fungi to the International Space Station in an effort to develop new medicines for use on Earth and be [...]
One of the complaints we often hear about natural medicine is that “it isn’t scientifically proven.” This couldn’t be further from the truth, but it’s what man [...]
Statins, a widely prescribed drug used to lower “bad” cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease, could increase the risk of diabetes by nearly 50 percent, according to a major resear [...]
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between a pseudo illness and a legitimate illness in psychiatry. Every week, mental health “experts” claim to have unea [...]
A component of ancient Chinese medicine, acupuncture is documented as being used for medical purposes as far back as 2,000 years ago. Some even say it was practiced in China 4,000 years ago [...]
The looming antibiotic apocalypse could soon plunge medicine back into the dark ages. Scientists have recently discovered bacteria that can resist colistin – the antibiotic of last resort – [...]
Google invested in a patent to design a smart watch that can monitor glucose levels with a “needle-free blood draw,” proving that society is more concerned about treating diabetes than prev [...]
Under new legislation already passed by the House, pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices may soon be as loosely regulated as the 80,000+ harmful chemicals allowed in everyday products, m [...]
Alert! A Congressional bill to force mandatory vaccinations across the nation has entered the House of Representatives under the name “Vaccinate All Children Act of 2015” or HR 2232. This [...]
