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The First Clinical Trial of a Male Birth Control Gel Is Under Way

An elusive medical advance might finally be within grasp, one that could make some couples’ sex lives a lot more convenient. This week, researchers officially kicked off the first wide-scale clinical trial of a male contraceptive topical gel. The trial, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is set to…

Health Ed Cara

Scientists Propose New Way to Treat Depression With Brain Implants

In recent years, doctors have explored an unorthodox method to address cases of depression that haven’t responded to other treatments: sending precise electrical shocks directly to areas of a patient’s brain, otherwise known as deep brain stimulation (DBS). While the technique has shown some promise, its positive effects tend to be inconsistent. But a new…

Health Ed Cara

Chinese Government Says It Has Shut Down Controversial Human Gene-Editing Project

A project claiming to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies has been stopped by the Chinese government, which is declaring the work of scientist He Jiankui as being both unlawful and unethical, according to the Associated Press. The world learned of He’s experiment earlier this week, though we’re still waiting to see outside scientific…

Health George Dvorsky

American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides and Drug Overdoses on the Rise

The health of the United States remains in decline, according to a series of new reports released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Life expectancy in the U.S. has once again declined from the previous year, extending a years-long slide the likes of which we haven’t seen since the World War I…

Health Ed Cara

CDC Says Some Romaine Lettuce Is Now Safe to Eat—but Don’t Break Out the Salad Tongs Yet

Just as Americans prepared to gorge on their Thanksgiving meals last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blasted out an ominous warning: Throw out and definitely do not eat any romaine lettuce, since it might contain potentially deadly E. coli bacteria. But this Monday, following further investigation, the CDC downgraded its warning. Romaine…

Health Ed Cara

Reports of First Genetically Enhanced Babies Spark Outrage

Twin girls born earlier this month had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV, according to an Associated Press report. If confirmed, the births would signify the first gene-edited babies in human history—a stunning development that’s sparking an outcry from scientists and ethicists. Professor He Jiankui of Shenzhen, China, made the announcement earlier…

Health George Dvorsky

Here’s How Long It’d Take You to Poop a Lego

Pediatricians in the UK have finally answered one of life’s grand riddles: Just how long would it take for a Lego toy accidentally swallowed by someone to gracefully make its way back out? The answer comes courtesy of a recent study published last week in The Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. The six authors…

Health Ed Cara

FDA Official Gives Update on E. Coli Outbreak, But You Shouldn’t Eat Romaine Lettuce Just Yet

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning earlier this week not to eat romaine lettuce of any kind as the result of a new E. coli outbreak that has sicked more than two dozen people across 11 states. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, tweeted Thursday that…

Health Catie Keck

FanFic Thanksgiving Feast: Which Fictional Creatures We Want to Eat

One of the best things about working with a bunch of brilliant, delightful nerds is when you pose twisted questions in the office, everyone takes them very seriously. Recently I was hungry and scrolling through io9, and I found myself wondering what certain Pokemon taste like. It isn’t the first time I’ve thought about devouring…

Health Jennings Brown

CDC Convenes Task Force to Investigate Rare Illness Paralyzing Kids Across the Country

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking things up a notch to investigate a mysterious polio-like disease that’s paralyzing young children. Earlier this week, the agency announced it would form a task force to better treat and confirm the cause of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), seemingly in response to a substantial uptick in…

Health Ed Cara

Second Case of Rat Hepatitis in a Human Reported in Hong Kong

A 70-year-old Hong Kong woman has contracted the rat-specific version of Hepatitis E, signifying only the second time the disease has been documented in humans. Health officials in China are now scrambling to understand the implications of this disturbing new development. The patient, a retiree from Hong Kong’s Wong Tai Sin district, was admitted to…

Health George Dvorsky

CDC: Do Not Eat Any Romaine Lettuce Until We Can Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On

The Centers for Disease Control has an ominous warning for the nation this week: Please, for the love of god, do not consume romaine lettuce of any kind. In a statement, the agency wrote that it has determined an outbreak of a strain of E. coli has resulted in infections in at least 32 people…

Health Tom McKay

Teen Vaping May Have Led to Less Teen Smoking, Study Finds

The FDA calls teen vaping an “epidemic,” but the influence of e-cigarettes on teens’ overall health might be more complicated than assumed, according to a new study out Thursday in the journal Tobacco Control. It suggests that while teens and young adults in the U.S. did start flocking to e-cigarettes these past few years, they…

Health Ed Cara

Brain-Destroying Prions Also Spread Through Victims’ Eyes

One of the strangest things that can sicken us—a rogue misfolded protein that destroys the brain, known as a prion—is even scarier than we knew. Researchers were able to find the prions responsible for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), the most common prion disease in people, seeded everywhere in the eyes of 11 patients affected by…

Health Ed Cara

Jennie-O Recalls More Than 91,000 Pounds of Raw Ground Turkey Amid Salmonella Outbreak

Jennie-O Turkey recalled more than 91,000 pounds of raw ground turkey this week amid a nationwide Salmonella turkey outbreak. The move marks the first reported recall of non-pet food meat in the outbreak that’s sickened at least 164 people and is linked to one death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, instances…

Health Catie Keck

Cleaning Your Baby’s Pacifier by Sucking on It Prevents Allergies, New Research Suggests

It’s a scene parents and caregivers are all too familiar with: an infant’s pacifier falls to the floor. When this happened with my first born, I rushed to clean the soiled soother by boiling it in water or carefully washing it in the sink. But by the time my second child was born, I was…

Health George Dvorsky

Should You Be Eating a High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet Like Keto? Scientists Weigh In

Diet fads often make the lofty claim that adjusting food habits one way or another will produce the dieter’s desired results. More specifically: Eat this, not that, and watch the pounds fall off. But diets are hard to sustain, and it seems like diet debunking is constantly calling into question what and how much we…

Health Catie Keck

The FDA Will Restrict, but Not Ban, the Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes in Stores

The Food and Drug Administration has taken its hardest swing yet against teen vaping—though not as hard as we were expecting. On Thursday, FDA chief Scott Gottlieb unveiled a series of steps aimed at forcing the e-cigarette industry to work harder at keeping its products out of the hands of minors. Chief among them is…

Health Ed Cara

Why Cancer Is Replacing Heart Disease as the Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

Heart disease has long been the number one killer in the United States. But a new study out this week is the latest to suggest that it’s only a matter of time before the second leading cause of death—cancer—becomes more commonly fatal for the average person. On the bright side, though, that’s largely because we’ve…

Health Ed Cara

Juul Says It Will Stop Selling All Its Good Flavors of E-Cigarettes in Stores

The vaping industry looks set to undergo a seismic shift in how it sells and markets its products, starting with its biggest U.S. player, Juul Labs. On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based company announced that it would stop selling a majority of its flavored vaping products in retail stores. It also plans to shut down several…

Health Ed Cara

The First Clinical Trial of a Male Birth Control Gel Is Under Way

Scientists Propose New Way to Treat Depression With Brain Implants

Chinese Government Says It Has Shut Down Controversial Human Gene-Editing Project

American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides and Drug Overdoses on the Rise

CDC Says Some Romaine Lettuce Is Now Safe to Eat—but Don’t Break Out the Salad Tongs Yet

Reports of First Genetically Enhanced Babies Spark Outrage

Here’s How Long It’d Take You to Poop a Lego

FDA Official Gives Update on E. Coli Outbreak, But You Shouldn’t Eat Romaine Lettuce Just Yet

FanFic Thanksgiving Feast: Which Fictional Creatures We Want to Eat

CDC Convenes Task Force to Investigate Rare Illness Paralyzing Kids Across the Country

Second Case of Rat Hepatitis in a Human Reported in Hong Kong

CDC: Do Not Eat Any Romaine Lettuce Until We Can Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On

Teen Vaping May Have Led to Less Teen Smoking, Study Finds

Brain-Destroying Prions Also Spread Through Victims’ Eyes

Jennie-O Recalls More Than 91,000 Pounds of Raw Ground Turkey Amid Salmonella Outbreak

Cleaning Your Baby’s Pacifier by Sucking on It Prevents Allergies, New Research Suggests

Should You Be Eating a High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet Like Keto? Scientists Weigh In

The FDA Will Restrict, but Not Ban, the Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes in Stores

Why Cancer Is Replacing Heart Disease as the Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

Juul Says It Will Stop Selling All Its Good Flavors of E-Cigarettes in Stores

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Acer’s Mac Mini M4 Docking Station Drops to an All-Time Low, Supporting Up to 8TB Storage

Sony Is Hiking PS5 Prices for the Second Time in Less Than a Year

This Amazon Smart Plug Deal in the Spring Sale Makes Alexa Smart Home Setup Almost Too Easy and Cheap

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Has Found Its Other Big Star

Anker’s 100W Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year on Amazon, Packing 25,000mAh and 3 Ports

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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