medical research

We can start winning the war against cancer

What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you

Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might

The power of the placebo effect

A smarter, more precise way to think about public health

A new way to heal hearts without surgery

How barbershops can keep men healthy

Why genetic research must be more diverse

How to read the genome and build a human being

Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer

The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help

How my son's short life made a lasting difference

What really happens when you mix medications?

Why your doctor should care about social justice

A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home

The problem with race-based medicine

This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors

A new superweapon in the fight against cancer

How stigma shaped modern medicine

How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine

You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

Alzheimer's is not normal aging — and we can cure it

How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really

How we'll fight the next deadly virus

The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Could we cure HIV with lasers?

Why it's so hard to cure HIV/AIDS

How butterflies self-medicate

Should you be able to patent a human gene?

Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women

One more reason to get a good night's sleep

The coming crisis in antibiotics

What happens when you remove the hippocampus?

Autism — what we know (and what we don't know yet)