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Sergio Moraes / Reuters

When Pain Is the Best Therapy

Exposing people to what they fear—even in virtual reality—is an effective way to overcome phobias.

  • Jessa Gamble
August 19, 2016
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Modern Medicine Is Too Reliant on Short-Term Studies

Vigilant, long-term monitoring of patients is the future.

  • Jessa Gamble
August 17, 2016
Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Why Napping Can't Replace a Good Night's Rest

Sleeping in spurts has the appeal of productivity, but inevitably you’ll collapse in your morning oatmeal.

  • Jessa Gamble
August 4, 2016
Jason Reed / Reuters

The FDA's Dueling Priorities

The organization’s challenge is balancing drugs’ safety and effectiveness.

  • Jessa Gamble
August 3, 2016
Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters

3-D Printing a Better Prosthetic

Algorithms can be used to design cheap, perfect-fitting limbs, orthodontics, and other accessories.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 29, 2016
Matt Dunham / AP

Growing Organs on Apples

The future of regenerative medicine may be plants.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 27, 2016
Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters

A Psychedelic Can Cure Heroin Withdrawal

But it can’t cure addiction.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 25, 2016
Gail Burton / AP

The Gel That's Revolutionizing Pain Treatment

An injectable, jello-like substance reduces chronic inflammation, and may aid limb transplantations.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 22, 2016
Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters

How Salmonella Could Be Used to Kill Cancer

A genetically modified strain of the bacteria has successfully planted drugs in mice tumors.

  • Ed Yong
July 20, 2016
Phillippe Wojazer / Reuters

Human Hearing Loss Could Be Reversible

Many animals regenerate the tiny hair cells that enable hearing—and there are promising signs that people can be made to do the same.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 19, 2016
Carlo Allegri / Reuters

Mainlining Vitamins Is Silly and Harmful

The high-priced hangover treatment takes life-saving nutrients from those who need them most.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 13, 2016
AFP / Stringer / Getty

Soylent Is Healthier Than the Average North American Diet

And that’s embarrassing.

  • Jessa Gamble
July 11, 2016
(Phil Sandlin / AP Photo)

The Mushroom Farmer Versus Drug-Resistant Superbugs

Tradd Cotter believes his fungi are the future of medicine—but does the science hold up?

  • Jesse Frost
June 3, 2016
tarapong srichaiyos / Shutterstock

The Future of Food Is Cheese Curds and Turmeric

The strange new food preferences of Americans, according to Google

  • Olga Khazan
June 2, 2016
Ints Kalnins / Reuters

A Drug Factory the Size of a Refrigerator

A new machine could cut medication costs by allowing hospitals and pharmacies to make their own pills.

  • Martha Bebinger
May 27, 2016
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