MEDICINE

15 Dubious Earache Remedies You Should Not Try at Home

No matter how much you're hurting, avoid these historical home cures.

New Cancer Drug Harnesses the Immune System

It appears to have fewer side effects than chemotherapy and other drugs, and lower likelihood of tumor regrowth.

Study Finds Women Are Twice as Likely to Suffer From Anxiety

And there are a few theories as to why.

Man Powered His Artificial Heart in a Backpack for 18 Months

Stan Larkin received a heart transplant in May after relying on an artificial heart for more than a year.

Improving Cell Transplantation After Spinal Cord Injury

Artificial Hand by Ambroise Paré

A design from a rare work by one of the most innovative surgeons in Renaissance medicine.

Who Is Tommy John, and Why Is There a Surgery Named After Him?

The short answer: A grown man who wasn't afraid to get involved with Silly Putty.

Music May Reduce Anxiety Before Super-Stressful Eye Surgery

A study of 62 cataract surgery patients found that just 20 minutes of pre-op music decreased their anxiety and need for sedatives.

A New Online Eye Exam Has Doctors Seeing Red

Should you trust a virtual eye exam?

The Man with a Window in His Stomach

What does a doctor do when a patient presents with a hole blown into his abdomen? Lower food tied to a string into it, of course.

First Successful Skin-to-Eye Stem Cell Transplant in Humans

Special cells taken from arm skin and turned into retinal cells show promise for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly.

7 Facts About Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

These cells are being studied and developed in numerous labs around the world to create human tissue and potentially treat a variety of human diseases and illnesses.

University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Collections

New App Lets You Virtually Visit a Famous Anatomy Museum

Medicine might not be the first thing you think when you think of Edinburgh, but it should be.

Scientists Are Studying Crocodiles to Find More Effective Antibiotic Treatments

Researchers are studying crocodile genes to combat the future of antibiotic resistance.

What's the Difference Between Robitussin, Sudafed, and Mucinex?

The best way to get well is staying hydrated and getting plenty of rest. If that’s not proactive enough for you, cold medicine might be able to help.

The Deadly Pain Medicine Sold by Skeletons

At the end of the 1800s, one St. Louis company marketed their signature pain-relieving product with a series of macabre calendars.

Medical Error May Be America’s Third Leading Cause of Death

But we don’t know for sure, because we don’t actually keep track.

Antidepressants May Quadruple the Risk of Tooth Implant Failure

“SSRIs are a good thing, but they have an inhibitory effect on osteoblasts, bone cells, which we’ve only known about since 2010,” Sebastiano Andreana tells mental_floss.