Don't Sell Vaping Fluid With Viagra, FDA Fumes
The Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing war on vaping has taken perhaps its strangest twist yet. On Thursday, the…
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This Is a Brain Taken Over by Alzheimer's
The effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the brain often go unnoticed for years, even decades. But researchers at Stanford…
The FDA Is Failing to Keep Us Safe From Tainted Supplements, Report Finds
The Food and Drug Administration is not doing enough to ensure that supplements don’t contain unlabelled, potentially…
Gwyneth Paltrow Isn't Going to Let a $145,000 False Advertising Settlement Taint Goop's Brand
It’s been a little more than a month since it was announced that Goop, the controversial lifestyle brand of actress…
A Major Scientific Project Aims to Find Out Exactly How the Internet Is Screwing With Your Brain
As anyone who has spent any amount of time on Twitter can tell you, the internet can bring out the worst in us. So it…
Los Angeles Is Dealing With an Outbreak of Flea-Borne Typhus
The city of angels is dealing with a nasty outbreak of a disease spread by fleas. Last Friday, California health…
Elon Musk Donates Over $480,000 to Help Flint Schools Clean Tainted Water
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was lambasted on Twitter at the end of last week for mocking the Securities and Exchange…
Why Small Towns Have More Intense Surges of Flu
Whether you live in a huge metropolis or quiet small town, you’re not safe from the flu and you need to get your damn…
Researchers Identify Hundreds of 'Selfie Deaths' From Media Reports
Next time you’re tempted to take a risk to get that perfect selfie, maybe think twice about it. A new study by medical…
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Scientists Who Used Evolution to Create Safer Chemicals and New Drugs
A trio of scientists from the U.S. and the UK have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year for using evolution to…
Man Chugs Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Ends Up With Permanently Red-Tinted Vision
One man’s experience with a common erectile dysfunction drug turned out to be a lot more eye-opening than he expected.…
Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Researchers Who Harnessed the Immune System to Fight Cancer
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to a pair of immunologists for devising an…
Children Who Get Less Screen Time Think Better, Study Finds
Keeping your kid’s mind sharp might involve making sure they don’t spend all day on their smartphone or other screen…
Rat Version of Hepatitis E Detected in a Human for the First Time
A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has contracted the rat-specific version of hepatitis E, something never observed…
Report Offers Disturbing New Details on Deadly Bleeding Outbreak Linked to Synthetic Cannabis
Since March, hundreds of people in the U.S. have come down with horrific, Ebola-like symptoms of bleeding. The…
Canadian Clinics Are Selling Shady Stem Cell Treatments, Study Finds
Doctors selling dubious stem cell treatments isn’t just a problem in the U.S., suggests a new study published in…
The Flu Killed More Americans Last Winter Than It Has in Decades
This past winter’s flu season was quickly recognized as one of the worst to come along in a long time. But new data…
Scientists Are Trying to Create the Most Detailed 3D Map of the Human Body Ever
Scientists across the world are working together to make the most detailed map of the human body—one that will show how…
European Scientists Have Made an Intriguing Discovery in Alzheimer's Drug Research
Scientists in the UK and Sweden believe they’ve come across an unprecedented advance in Alzheimer’s disease research: A…
Pet Store Puppies Are Spreading a Diarrhea-Causing Superbug to Humans
One of the few bastions of purity left in this forsaken world—puppies—might be inadvertently spreading a bacterial…