This man had his hand surgically attached to his ankle
Xiao Wei lost his right hand in an accident, but surgeons couldn't re-attach it right away. His arm needed time to…
Not cool: when a tick latches onto your penis and you have sex anyway
Tick bites carry Lyme disease, tularemia, and a host of other scary diseases. They can even, in some instances, turn…
Eighth grade dance marathon used to test the dangers of heavy metal headbanging
Medical science is finally paying attention to the injury risks of headbanging...only 25 years too late. They did it in…
Do you suffer from sexsomnia? You're not alone.
It's one of the most common, and most poorly understood, sleep disorders. Sexsomniacs have sex with bedmates in their…
A Drug That Manipulates Retroviruses To Fight Cancer
A potential therapy for cancer already lurks in our own genes. Chunks of ancient viruses lie embedded in the human…
Man Thought to Be in a 23-Year Coma Was Conscious the Whole Time
It's a nightmarish medical scenario: a man spent 23 years paralyzed but conscious while his doctors believed he was in…
Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
A company called Stryker Biotech was in court last week defending a bone-growth product it sold for years, despite…
Handheld Device Electrifies Your Breast Tissue, Diagnoses Cancer Risk
Soon, you could be determining your breast cancer risk with a simple needle jab, to collect a small amount of tissue —…
Woman Gets a Tooth Implanted In Her Eye To Cure Blindness
A woman, blind for 9 years, can see again after doctors performed a rare surgery where her own tooth was inserted into…
The Strange Case of Seizures That Turned a Woman Into a Man
Researchers report an odd case in the latest issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. Whenever their patient had an epileptic…
Perfecting Closed-Skull Brain Surgery
Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in…
Is Stem Cell Tourism About To Go Legit?
It's medical tourism's bleeding edge: people traveling to countries with no stem cell bans. Last year, a boy went to…
Is Your Doctor Exposing You to Too Much Radiation?
A new study released this week shows that medical imaging scans expose patients to seven times more radiation than they…
Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
Sanitation workers in the Illinois town of Urbana-Champaign have been finding human placentas clogging up the drainage…
Heal Your Wounds with Lasers
We're one step closer to Star Trek's medical tricorder. Doctors say they've successfully used a new laser technology…
Viagra Is the Latest Bioweapon in the CIA's Arsenal
Today CIA officials have admitted that one way they secure loyalty in hard-to-penetrate regions like rural Afghanistan…
Sinus Infection? Try Marijuana!
Good news and bad news, pot smokers. Marijuana contains highly-effective antibiotics that could be the key to stopping…
A Cure for Progeria, the Disease that Makes Children Die of Old Age
One in every 4 million children suffers from a genetic disorder called progeria that causes them to age prematurely —…
A Simple Chemical Treatment that Kills Hunger Pangs Forever
The ability to suppress hunger is a holy grail for many obesity researchers — as well as people who want to lose large…
Possible Cure for Ebola Could Revolutionize Antivirals
Ebola is the poster virus for outbreak scares because it spreads extremely fast and kills 90 percent of its victims by…