Scar tissue, also known as fibrosis, is the scourge of medical device implants. Even when receiving potentially life saving drug treatments, patients’ bodies often form scarring around the foreign object, thus eventually forcing the implant to malfunction or fail. This ...

This article originally published on KFF Health News. Elizabeth Amirault had never heard of a Narx Score. But she said she learned last year the tool had been used to track her medication use. During an August 2022 visit to ...

When the Human Genome Project launched in 1990, it was hailed as one of the greatest scientific endeavors of all time. The 13-year project identified about 20,000 genes and gave researchers a genetic blueprint to transform modern medicine. Doctors can ...

This article was originally published on Undark. For as long as he can remember, Ken Pressey has had severe allergies to cats. They would trigger hives, runny nose, and watery eyes. Still, like many of the tens of millions of ...

Originally published by The 19th. We’re answering the “how” and “why” of health and abortion news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Extreme heat has already made pregnancy more dangerous. Now, it is also complicating efforts to control when and ...

This article was originally published on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly ...

An estimated one-in-four Americans have a tattoo, but it’s safe to say pretty much all of them are visible to the naked eye in some shape or form. But thanks to new breakthroughs in nanoengineering, tattooing can now be done ...

On August 4, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zuranolone to treat postpartum depression. The medication is now the first FDA-approved oral pill available in the US to treat postpartum depression. The serious mental illness can develop ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that all infants under eight months old should get a new antibody shot aimed to protect the body against severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The agency’s Advisory Committee ...

Your body contains the stuff of rocks: the calcium-based minerals in bones and teeth. In a process called biomineralization, you produce these materials that harden and stiffen as they grow. So do the bodies of other bony, toothed animals. It’s ...