Urgent Medical Issues can Stump Smartphone Voices
Smartphone personal assistants may know who’s fifth on the all-time home run list (Willie Mays), the 1924 Democratic presidential candidate (John W. Davis) and the 74th element on the periodic table (tungsten), but they...
Oral Insulin Trial Succeeds in Type 2 Diabetes Test
An Israeli drug maker says trials on its experimental oral insulin have proven effective in markedly reducing night-time blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Oramed Pharmaceuticals conducted a 28-day study of 180...
Netflix Offers Unlimited Maternity Leave for New Parents
Netflix has introduced an unlimited leave policy for new moms and dads. Thanks to the new initiative, parents can now take off as much time as they need during the first year after their...
World Tuberculosis Day Raises Public Awareness of the Deadly Disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, infecting approximately one-third of the world’s population. On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the...
Unpublished Study Shakes Up Dietary Guideline Thinking
Forty years ago, while the United States was preparing for the Bicentennial celebration, Minnesota researchers were studying the impact of dietary health guidelines and concluding that conventional wisdom on the subject might be wrong. For...
FDA in 2015 Approves Most First-of-a-Kind Drugs in 19 Years
In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the highest number of drugs with never-before-sold ingredients in 19 years, according to an article by CBS News. There were 45 such drugs approved in 2015,...
Scientists Invent 3D Printer Capable of Creating Human-Scale Body Parts and Tissues
There’s been a leap forward in medicine at Wake Forest University, as researchers at the school’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have developed a 3D printer capable of creating human-scale tissues that can survive transplants...
Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan Offered Free to Students
An Irish pharmaceutical company will partner with an American distributor to offer a free carton of Narcan nasal spray – a drug which blocks opioid overdose effects – to all United States high schools,...
Lowering Your Cancer Risks on Your Lunch Break
We’ve never had more reason to exercise. Every time you turn on the television, listen to the radio, or surf the web, there’s someone with a PhD and a white coat talking about LDLs, triglycerides,...
New Kidney Transplant Procedure Allows for Any Donor
The stark reality for many people waiting to receive an organ transplant is that they just might die before a compatible donor is found. But a new procedure for kidney transplants recently detailed in The...