health

Why is meningitis so dangerous?

An AI smartwatch that detects seizures

Can we regenerate heart muscle with stem cells?

What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes

Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it

What the US health care system assumes about you

How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy

A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer

What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics

Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions

What causes heartburn?

How rollercoasters affect your body

How nanoparticles could change the way we treat cancer

To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language

The fascinating science of phantom limbs

How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis

The global goals we've made progress on -- and the ones we haven't

How do cigarettes affect the body?

The surprising link between stress and memory

What Americans agree on when it comes to health

The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home

A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable

Why the hospital of the future will be your own home

How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit)

What causes insomnia?

A new way to think about the transition to motherhood

Why is it so hard to cure ALS?

What is dust made of?

How to stay calm under pressure

Why do we sweat?

What causes constipation?

How does hibernation work?

How do we study living brains?

The surprising reasons animals play dead

What causes headaches?

The doctors, nurses and aid workers rebuilding Syria