Amid a measles outbreak in Washington state that officials have confirmed has spread to at least 51 people and suspect…
Anyone who pays close attention to television drug commercials—perhaps because they enjoy the ominous, rapid muttering…
A new study published in BMJ Open has called for over 400 scientific papers on the subject of organ transplantation to…
The adorable and enigmatic axolotl is capable of regenerating many different body parts, including limbs, organs, and…
In a new case study, Irish doctors report the baffling case of a 33-year-old man who injected his own semen…
It’s day 19 of President Donald Trump’s government shutdown. And with no end in sight, hundreds of Americans have…
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The Wound Man (or Man of Wounds, depending on how you translate it in Fasciculus medicinae, the 1491 medical treatise…
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Though it resembles a coral, root system, or some other kind of growth, the above photo actually depicts a…
The UK’s National Crime Agency—which handles organized and transnational crime—claims that at least some of the dark…
The Centers for Disease Control has an ominous warning for the nation this week: Please, for the love of god, do not…
Scientists have found further evidence that the gut, or more specifically the appendix, might play a role in the…
Officials have confirmed the ninth death of a child at a New Jersey nursing home in the last week alone, with at least…
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