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Before her tragic death, iconic singer Tina Turner shared a health warning that may inspire others to avoid some of the issues she faced.
Cancer

Before She Passed Away, Tina Turner Said Something Heartbreaking About Her Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

The FDA has changed its rules to make it easier for patients to access abortion pills, which until now were difficult to get.
RX and Medicine

The FDA Will Now Allow You To Buy Abortion Pills At Normal Pharmacies

By Noor Al-Sibai

Back in 2009, pro-life absolutist Herschel Walker allegedly paid for his girlfriend to get an abortion — even though he backs "no exception" abortion bans.
Developments

Rabidly Anti-Abortion Politician Reportedly Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This isn't a sympathy case for Harvey Weinstein. Bad guy. But his dental ordeal and the pleas he's made for proper care are emblematic of a bigger issue.
Developments

Harvey Weinstein’s Rotting Teeth Reveal a Lot About Prison Healthcare

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed in Gulf of Mexico to Circumvent Bans
Developments

Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed in Gulf of Mexico to Circumvent Bans

By Noor Al-Sibai

Doctors and lawyers work hard to evolve the legal definition of death in a way that helps patients, grieving families and others.
Neuroscience and Brain

Lawyers and Doctors Struggle to Figure Out Who’s Actually Dead

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A 10-year old child in Ohio missed the deadline to receive an abortion by three days, forcing her to take a risky journey over state lines.
Developments

10-Year-Old Forced to Cross State Lines by Disgusting Abortion Ban

By Lonnie Lee Hood

North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”
RX and Medicine

North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The state of New York has purchased more than 800 robots nammed ElliQ to assist seniors who live alone by setting reminders, answering questions and more.
Future Society

New York State Buys Robots for Lonely Elders

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of Cambridge scientists say dyslexia encourages creativity and innovation and could lead to humanity's success as we evolve.
Studies

Dyslexia Actually Grants Special Powers, Researchers Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Nigerian senator and his wife were arressted in the UK for trying to harvest organs from a child. Human organ harvest is common globally.
Developments

Police Arrest Two for Plan to Harvest Child’s Organs

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of researchers say they found the molecules in mouse blood that reduces appetite and obesity — an exercise pill, if you will.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Say They’re Honing in on a Pill You Can Take Instead of Exercising

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A UK toddler started puberty at just two years old after being exposed to his dad's testosterone gel, a hormone used for gender-affirming care.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Puzzled by Two-Year-Old Boy Who Already Hit Puberty

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.
Studies

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Following this week's report that monkeypox was confirmed in the US and countries in Europe President Joe Biden said it's a concern if it spreads globally.
Developments

Joe Biden is Worried About Monkeypox

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One family says their child was left with hearing damage after the boy's Apple AirPods blasted an Amber alert in his ears and filed a lawsuit for damages.
Prosthetics and Devices

Lawsuit Claims Apple AirPods Ruptured a Child’s Eardrums

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Martin Shkreli is out of jail and in a New York halfway house despite being convicted of fraud and increasing life-saving drug prices by 4,000% overnight.
Health & Medicine

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Released From Prison, Seen Eating at Cracker Barrel

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a viral video clip, Pope Francis said he'd prefer a shot of tequila instead of physical therapy, a cane and wheelchair to heal his knee pain.
Health & Medicine

The Pope Says His Preferred Medication for Injury Is Tequila

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A New York Times report followed a female patient who has auditory hallucinations. Normalizing neurodivergency and schizophrenia is better, she says.
Health & Medicine

People With Schizophrenia Are Skipping Meds and Making Peace With the Voices

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago say research shows binge drinking effects in youth can be reversed with CRISPR gene editing.
Gene Editing

Scientist Say They Might Be Able to Reverse Binge Drinking With Gene Editing

By Lonnie Lee Hood

FDA Approves Vanilla-Flavored Underwear That Protect Against STIs
Prosthetics and Devices

FDA Approves Vanilla-Flavored Underwear That Protect Against STIs

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers from Switzerland and the US say they brought neurons and retinal cells back to "life" after death. The eye cells detected color and light.
Studies

Scientists Claim to Bring Dead Human Eye Cells Back to Life

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and others are helping employees get access to abortion and covering travel costs after the Supreme Court leak.
Developments

More and More Tech Companies Offer to Help Employees Get Abortions

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Verve Therapeutics, backed by Google Ventures, says Crispr gene editing to reduce humans' bad cholesterol, reducing heart attacks.
Developments

Scientists Suggest Editing Human Genetic Code to Prevent Heart Attacks

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Liver King eats raw liver each day to achieve masculinity, according to a GQ profile. Does his diet add up? Experts disagree.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Puzzled by Super Muscular Man Who Eats a Pound of Raw Liver Every Day

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists in the UK say fecal microbiota transfers, aka poop transfers, made older mice reverse aging in their eyes, guts and brains.
Studies

Hooray! Scientists Say They Can Reverse Signs of Aging Using Poop Transplants

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A man drank shigella bacteria, which causes excruciating dysentary and tweeted the week-long process in stomach-churning detail.
Health & Medicine

Brave Volunteer Drinks “Dysentery Smoothie” to Give Himself “Life-Threatening Diarrhea”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Dr. Fauci Says the “Pandemic Phase” of COVID Is Over, Then Says Pandemic Is Actually Still Happening
Developments

Dr. Fauci Says the “Pandemic Phase” of COVID Is Over, Then Says Pandemic Is Actually Still Happening

By Lonnie Lee Hood

More than 100 people from the same New Jersey high school have developed rare brain tumors, possibly because of radioactive material left behind.
Cancer

More Than a Hundred Graduates of a Particular High School Got Rare Cancers

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A blood pressure medication gave a 77-year-old patient such intense diarrhea he was hospitalized and ended up in the New York Times.
Chemistry

Man Gets Such Horrible Diarrhea That It Ends Up in the New York Times

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new liver inflammation disease, or hepititits, is cause children to fall ill and require liver transplants. COVID-19 restrictions may have created it.
Developments

Doctors Alarmed by Strange Disease in Children

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Texas woman was placed under arrest Thursday for either having or helping someone have an abortion. Police set a $500,000 bond and few other details.
Health & Medicine

People Are Starting to Risk DIY Abortions

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Oxitech is planning to release millions more of its controversial gene-hacked mosquitoes in California to reduce disease and population.
Environment

California Prepares to Release Millions of Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering used special ultrasound to lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes as insulin prices soar.
Studies

Scientists Say They Might Have Found a Way to Treat Diabetes Without Insulin

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The US House of Representatives finally took the first steps to legalize marijuana on Friday and will expunge some criminal records if passed.
Health & Medicine

Heck Yes! Government Moves to Decriminalize Marijuana

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Some users who've taken "magic" mushrooms have experienced "wood-lover's paralysis," also called WLP, and lose control of their body through temporarily.
Neuroscience and Brain

People Who Took Psychedelic Mushrooms Say They Lost Control of Their Bodies

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new report finds Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps cancer doctors who work on thyroid diseases on call or with him at all times.
Cancer

Putin Almost Always Accompanied by Cancer Specialist, Investigation Finds

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Police found five deceased fetuses in the DC home of a Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising anti-choice activist who had already been arrested five times.
Health & Medicine

Police Find Five Fetuses in Home of Anti-Abortion Activist

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After celebrating a hallmark heart transplant in which a human patient received a pig heart, news outlets have been reporting on the man's troubled past.
Health & Medicine

Newspapers Criticized for Reporting That Patient With Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Stabbed Someone Decades Ago

By Lonnie Lee Hood

IBM is putting up Watson Health for sale once again. The buyer could potentially affect millions of patients and government healthcare strategies.
Prosthetics and Devices

Remember IBM’s Amazing Watson AI? Now It’s Desperately Trying to Sell It Off

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Overall numbers are still low, but more American adults now say that they would take the coronavirus vaccine than did last month.
Viruses

The Number of Americans Who Want a COVID Vaccine Is Slowly Growing

By Dan Robitzski

According to new rankings, the U.S. only has the 28th best quality of life in the world, and has some of the worst access to education and healthcare.
Studies

New Research: Quality of Life Is Slipping Backwards in the US

By Dan Robitzski

Many healthcare systems around the US are feeling the crunch with thousands of tests flooding in via phone, email, snail mail, and even fax.
Developments

With COVID Tests Flooding In, US Healthcare Systems Are Breaking Down

By Victor Tangermann

Because the coronavirus pandemic has everyone stuck at home, mental healthcare providers are figuring out how to best offer their patients telehealth care.
Viruses

The Pandemic Is Forcing Teletherapy to Go Mainstream

By Dan Robitzski

No, alcohol does not kill coronavirus, at least, not like that. Both news and memes about the global COVID-19 outbreak are spreading rapidly online.
Viruses

People are Using Memes to Cope With Coronavirus Panic

By Jacob Banas

When the Department of Veterans Affairs refused to pay for a disabled veteran's prosthetic legs, the company that provided the limbs came to repo them.
Prosthetics and Devices

Healthcare Company Repossesses Veteran’s Prosthetic Legs

By Dan Robitzski

Google is secretly working with one of the biggest healthcare systems in the U.S. to collect personal medical records from millions of Americans.
Developments

Google Is Secretly Hoarding Your Medical Records

By Victor Tangermann

Thousands of preschools are using a robot named Walklake that looks for signs of illness by scanning the faces and hands of students.
Health & Medicine

This Robot Scans Preschoolers’ Faces Daily for Signs of Sickness

By Kristin Houser

Comcast is developing a healthcare device that will monitor everything from how often a person visits the bathroom to the amount of time they spend in bed.
Health & Medicine

Comcast’s New Smart Sensor Will Count How Many Times You Pee

By Kristin Houser

IBM is halting development and sales of its Watson AI designed to find promising new medications, according to a new STAT story.
Artificial Intelligence

IBM Pulls the Plug on Drug-Discovering Watson AI

By Kristin Houser

Newborn baby in a hospital bed, machine-learning models can help detect sepsis in babies.
Artificial Intelligence

Machine-Learning Models Can Help Detect Sepsis in Newborns Earlier

By Jacob Banas

When an Arizona hospital went bankrupt, its servers full of people's medical records went offline. Now its patients need access to get medical care.
Medical

Hospital Goes Out of Business, Pulls Medical Records Offline

By Dan Robitzski

Vicarious Surgical plans to create tiny robots that doctors can control via virtual reality to operate on patients remotely.
Virtual Reality

Bill Gates Funds Tiny Robot Surgeons That Operate Inside the Body

By Kristin Houser

An AI-powered "smart stethoscope" listens to the sounds in a person's lungs and diagnoses pneumonia with a high degree of accuracy.
Health & Medicine

“Smart Stethoscope” Can Diagnose Pneumonia on Its Own

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have developed a new tool which offers an unprecident look, like this image, of the internal structures of human capillaries
Science & Energy

Doctors Can Now Get a Detailed Look Inside Your Capillaries

By Jacob Banas

Some pills float in a blue tinted cup of coffee
Future Society

Feeling Lonely? Scientists Are Developing a Pill to Fight Loneliness

By Jacob Banas

A new app called Face2Gene is more accurate than clinicians at identifying genetic disorders based on a photo of a person's face.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Identifies Genetic Disorders by Looking at Face Shape

By Kristin Houser

Amazon continues to invest in healthcare and has begun selling software which analyzes patient medical records for hospitals and their physicians.
Medical

Amazon’s Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

By Jacob Banas

According to a new report, cybersecurity is the area of technology healthcare executives believe will have the biggest industry impact in 2019.
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Is a Top Concern for Healthcare Executives

By Kristin Houser

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”
Google

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”

By Kristin Houser

When it shipped the first Apple Watch with a heart rate monitor, the tech giant didn't realize the impact it could have on users' heart health.
Health & Medicine

Big Tech Companies Want to Hack Your Heart Health

By Jon Christian

A researcher has developed an algorithm that produces a person's polygenic risk score, risk of developing various health conditions, based on their genome.
Health & Medicine

A $50 Genetic Test Can Tell How Likely You Are to Have a Heart Attack

By Kristin Houser

Dentists Are Now Using Tech to Monitor Patients’ Stress Levels
Future Society

Dentists Are Now Using Tech to Monitor Patients’ Stress Levels

By Kristin Houser

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time
Health & Medicine

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time

By Kristin Houser