The Devil in the Details, Chapter One: The Doctor Who Said No to Thalidomide
Starting with her rejection of an FDA application for thalidomide in 1960, physician and pharmacist Frances Oldham Kelsey took a stand against the now infamous drug
The First Person to Receive an Eye and Face Transplant Is Recovering Well
A man who received a partial face and eye transplant after a serious accident does not have any vision in the transplanted eye, but the eye itself is still alive
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Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients
“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care
John McFall Is Breaking Barriers as the World’s First Parastronaut
Paralympian and surgeon John McFall is redefining the astronaut image and proving that space travel is achievable for people with physical disabilities
The End of the Lab Rat?
Replacing research animals with tools that better mimic human biology could improve medicine
New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions—Without Addiction Risk
The medication initially known as VX-548 blocks sodium channels in nerves, blocking pain signals before they reach the brain
Here Are the Five Health and Wellness Tools Everyone Needs Now
Prevention is key to health and wellness. Don’t wait too late to have these simple, essential medical devices on hand
Eating Disorders Can Strike Anyone
Misconceptions that eating disorders mostly afflict white, affluent, young females have led to disparities in the treatment of these deadly diseases
Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to Know
Do you think you are too young to get screened for cancer? Think again. It might save your life
The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe
Seventh Person ‘Cured’ of HIV after Stem Cell Transplant
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus
Combining Ayahuasca Compound with Drugs like Ozempic Could Help Treat Diabetes, Mouse Model Suggests
Researchers combined the drug harmine with a medication similar to Ozempic to boost the number and function of human insulin-producing cells transplanted into mice