medicine
This Guy Is Cumming Out of His Ass
A rare complication from a catheter might have made this man ejaculate through his anus for two years.
How Machine Learning Is Identifying New, Better Drugs
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the drug development process, making the work faster, more efficient, and more effective.
India Is Battling COVID and Misinformation About COVID ‘Cures’
Misinformation about different traditional medicine cures is gaining momentum.
America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before
America’s first opioid crisis came after its bloodiest war, but the lessons of the original debacle have been lost in history.
My Generic Medications Failed Me. I’m Not Alone
Our health-care system relies on generics working just as brand-name drugs do. But what happens when they don’t?
The Brazilian Engineers Who Created an Open-Source Ventilator
To combat COVID-19, Dr. Marcelo Zuffo and Dr. Raúl Lima created an open-license ventilator called INSPIRE that can be built with relatively easy-to-find parts.
Watch This Nine-Year-Old Girl Play Piano During Her Brain Surgery
Awake craniotomy, also called awake brain surgery, is performed on the brain while the patient is conscious and alert.
The Doctor Confronting COVID-19 After Decades of Fighting HIV
Dr. Nombulelo Magula, head of internal medicine at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, is helping shape South Africa’s pandemic response on both local and national levels.
The Indian Researcher Building A Community-Based Approach To Medicine
Dr. Madhu Gupta has spent her career empowering communities to make informed decisions about their own health. Now, she’s using that knowledge to combat COVID-19.
She Was Separated From Her Twin. Now She's on a Mission to Separate Others
Larissa Gonçalves is now 21 and determined to become a surgeon specializing in conjoined twins.
Inside the World’s Largest Postal Network That Kept India Running Amid Lockdown
The postal service delivered medicine, fruits, protective gear and ventilators. It even ferried money to locked-down residents.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Human-Animal Chimera Research, Survey Finds
Over 80% of surveyed Americans expressed support for some aspect of the research, which is currently under moratorium and aims to implant human stem cells into animals to grow organs for transplant.