In a Caltech lab, scientists are performing a procedure that seems almost too straightforward to be revolutionary: applying a bandage…
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Imagine a middle-American hospital waiting room, complete with faded chairs, a muted TV in the corner, and the distinct fluorescent…
Adam Searing, a health researcher at Georgetown University, grew up dividing his time between these communities if you drive far…
Something strange kept showing up in the slide shows at a significant cardiovascular conference in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1984.…
Anyone who has dealt with multiple sclerosis—as a patient, a family member, or a clinician—understands why it has been dubbed…
When a research team receives results that don’t resemble anything they’ve ever seen, there’s a certain silence that descends upon…
In medicine, there are times when a device intended for one purpose subtly begins to accomplish another, and the people…
When something goes wrong and no one wants to speak out about it, a certain kind of silence descends upon…
A pharmacist holds up a box of Wegovy pills for a news photographer somewhere in a Provo, Utah pharmacy. The…
Imagine a soldier bleeding out, a supply bag lacking the proper blood type, and a battlefield medic in the middle…