Medicine Stories for 2017

America's Doctors Are Performing Expensive Procedures That Don't Work 233
The WHO May Recognize Excessive Video Gaming As Mental Health Disorder 125
If Dogs Can Smell Cancer, Why Don't They Screen People? 106
US Drugmaker Raises Price of Vitamins By More Than 800% 275
FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy For Inherited Form of Blindness 58
A Federal Ban On Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted 156
Older Adults' Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep, Study Says 70
Don't Keep Cellphones Next To Your Body, California Health Department Warns 344
Contact Lens Startup Hubble Sold Lenses With a Fake Prescription From a Made-up Doctor 325
Noninvasive Radiation Therapy Halts Deadly Heart Rhythm 28
Synthetic DNA-Based Drug Is First To Slow Progress of Huntington's Disease 35
Researchers Say Human Lifespans Have Already Hit Their Peak 247
What It Looks Like When You Fry Your Eye In An Eclipse 135
Victims of Mystery Attacks In Cuba Left With Anomalies In Brain Tissue 233
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Falsely Claims Killing Net Neutrality Will Help Sick and Disabled People 207
'Watershed' Medical Trial Proves Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed 224
The Compelling Case For Working Less 176
Can Researchers Detect Irregular Heart Rhythms with the Apple Watch? 42
Controversial Study Claims 'Smartphone Addiction' Alters the Brain 64
An Unconscious Patient With a 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' Tattoo 454
Scientists Call For Ban On Glitter, Say It's a Global Hazard That Pollutes Oceans 121
Facebook Rolls Out AI To Detect Suicidal Posts Before They're Reported 171
Big Tobacco Loses 11-Year Fight, Forced To Broadcast 'Dangers of Smoking' Ads 274
Living In Nuclear Disaster Fallout Zone Would Be No Worse Than Living In London, Research Suggests 278
The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers 220
How the Sugar Industry Tried To Hide Health Effects of Its Product 50 Years Ago 283
First Ever Anti-Aging Gene Discovered In a Secluded Amish Community 159
46% of Americans Now Have High Blood Pressure 295
Scientists Develop Kill Switches In Case Bioengineered Microbes Go Rogue 66
Study of 500,000 Teens Suggests Association Between Excessive Screen Time and Depression 128
Stanford Trains AI To Diagnose Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist In Just Two Months 75
Researchers Analyze DNA From 'Supercentenarians' Aged 110+ To Discover Secret To Longevity 98
US Scientists Try 1st Gene Editing in the Body 74
What Did 17th Century Food Taste Like? 197
FDA Approves Digital Pill That Tracks If Patients Have Ingested Their Medication 72
Bill Gates Pledges $100 Million To Find an Alzheimer's Cure, His First Commitment To a Non-communicable Disease 135
Study Finds Robot Surgeons Are Actually Slower and More Expensive 44
Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton To Lessen Worker Fatigue 48
Human Mini-Brains Growing Inside Rat Bodies Are Starting To Integrate 193
Scientists Save Child's Life By Growing Him New Skin 107
EPA Approves Release of Bacteria-Carrying Mosquitoes To 20 States 133
Sleep Deprivation Disrupts Brain-Cell Communication, Study Finds 87
NotPetya Outbreak Left Merck Short of HPV Vaccine Gardasil 63
Scientists Find a Better Way To Wash Pesticides Off Your Apples 138
Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba 60
New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited 541
Anti-Aging Stem Cell Treatment Proves Successful In Early Human Trials 84
High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes May Make Teens Vape More, Study Warns 173
Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery 486
Intelligent People More At Risk of Mental Illness, Study Finds 276
China's Scientists Set New International Record -- For Faked Peer Reviews 75
Scientists Selectively Trigger Suicide In Cancer Cells 47
Magic Mushrooms 'Reboot' Brain In Depressed People, Study Suggests 133
FDA Advisers Endorse Gene Therapy To Treat Form of Blindness 15
Amazon Is Headed For the Prescription-Drug Market, Analysts Say 40
Over Half of New Cancer Drugs 'Show No Benefits' For Survival Or Wellbeing 123
Expert Says You're Deluding Yourself If You Think You're Productive On Six Hours of Sleep 223
Skipping Breakfast May Be Linked To Poor Heart Health, Study Says 165
Nobel Prize For Medicine Awarded For Insights Into Internal Biological Clock 36
Chip Reprograms Cells To Regenerate Damaged Tissue 16
Chinese Researchers Correct Genetic Mutation In Embryos Using Base Editing 35
New Antibody Attacks 99% of HIV Strains 149
Fathers Pass On Four Times As Many New Genetic Mutations As Mothers, Says Study 181
Scientists Create World's First 'Molecular Robot' Capable of Building Molecules 86
E-Cigarettes With Nicotine Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease, Says Study 170
Bacteria In Tumors Can Inactivate Common Chemotherapy Drugs, Study Suggests 38
Chinese Scientists Are Developing A Vaccine Against Cavities 120
Sedentary Lifestyle Study Called 'A Raging Dumpster Fire' 153
Poor Diet Is a Factor In One In Five Deaths, Global Disease Study Reveals 110
Mystery of Sonic Weapon Attacks At US Embassy In Cuba Deepens 215
Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked To a Whole Lot of Neurological Disorders 209
Researchers Find Antidepressants Increase Risk of Death 125
Moving Every Half Hour Could Help Limit Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle, Says Study 98
California Bans Drones From Delivering Marijuana 82
FDA Slams EpiPen Maker For Doing Nothing While Hundreds Failed, People Died 80
Happy Music Boosts Brain's Creativity, Study Says 102
Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World's Tap Water, Study Reveals 210
IBM Pitched Its Watson Supercomputer as a Revolution in Cancer Care. It's Nowhere Close 108
Ethanol: A Lethal Injection For Tumors 78
Stanford Study Finds New Dads In US Are Older Than Ever 191
Amazon Sold Eclipse Glasses That Cause 'Permanent Blindness,' Alleges Lawsuit 229
FDA Approves First Cell-Based Therapy For Cancer 63
FDA Issues Recall of 465,000 St. Jude Pacemakers To Patch Security Holes 73
FDA Designates MDMA As 'Breakthrough Therapy' For PTSD 266
Engineers Discover How To Make Antennas For Wireless Communication 100x Smaller Than Their Current Size 129
Google Invites Users To 'Check If You're Clinically Depressed' 124
IBM To Trace Food Contamination With Blockchain 47
Memories of Fear Could Be Permanently Erased, Study Shows 38
New Immunotherapy Trial Cures Kids of Peanut Allergy For Up To Four Years 164
The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies 432
Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Sparks Outbreaks In UK 146
Energy Drinks May Trigger Future Substance Use, Says Study 233
Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms 132
Plants 'Hijacked' To Make Polio Vaccine 59
Study Finds Vaccine Science Outreach Only Reinforced Myths 465
Vitamin B3 Supplement Can Prevent Miscarriages and Birth Defects, Says Study 39
Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions 274
How Apple Is Putting Voices In Users' Heads -- Literally 91
Lovers Share Colonies of Skin Microbes, Study Finds 93
Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures 116
Monsanto Leaks Suggest It Tried To Kill Cancer Research On Roundup Weed Killer 242
First Human Embryos Edited In US 140
E-Cigarettes Linked To Helping People Quit Smoking, Says Study 203
Stem Cell Brain Implants Could 'Slow Aging and Extend Life,' Study Shows 116
US Is Slipping Toward Measles Being Endemic Once Again, Says Study 335
Degenerative Brain Disease Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains, Says Study 213
Sperm Counts Among Western Men Have Halved In Last 40 Years, Says Study 427
Global Network of Labs Will Test Security of Medical Devices 50
IBM's AI Can Predict Schizophrenia With 74 Percent Accuracy By Looking at the Brain's Blood Flow 93
World's First Double Hand Transplant Involving a Child Declared a Success 52
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates 316
Long Working Days Can Cause Heart Problems, Study Says 75
Artificial Sweeteners Associated With Weight Gain, Heart Problems In Analysis of Data From 37 Studies 374
Vaccines May Soon Be Mandatory For Children In France 253
'Living Drug' That Fights Cancer By Harnessing The Immune System Clears Key Hurdle 73
Coffee Cuts Risk of Dying From Stroke and Heart Disease, Study Suggests 165
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Safely Fight, Kill Tumors In Early Human Trials 73
Men Are Affected By the Biological Clock As Well, Researchers Find 209
Tylenol May Kill Kindness 169
New Study Finds How Much Sleep Fitbit Users Really Get 75
Research Finds 1 In 3 American Cats and Dogs Are Overweight 177
Researchers Create New Probiotic Beer That Boosts Immunity 84
Anthem To Pay $115 Million In The Largest Data Breach Settlement Ever 56
'Chiropractors Are Bullshit' 328
Study Finds Yoga Works As Well As Physical Therapy For Back Pain 172
Research Suggests Effects of Shift Work or Jet Lag On Our Body Clocks Can Be Reduced By Simply Changing Meal Times 51
Watchdog Report Finds Alarming 20 Percent of Baby Food Tested Contains Lead 192
The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses 190
US Government Task Force Urges Cash Incentives For Ditching Insecure Medical Devices 64
Cancer Drug Proves To Be Effective Against Multiple Tumors 81
Home Blood Pressure Monitors Are Wrong 70 Percent of the Time, Says Study 90
Moderate Drinking Can Damage the Brain, Claim Researchers 325
Price-gouging Maker of EpiPen Literally Said That Critics Can Go Fuck Themselves 459
Dozens of Recent Clinical Trials May Contain Wrong or Falsified Data, Claims Study 66
Silicon Valley Is Too Focused On Taking the Easy Path in Health Care 135
Anti-Aging Start-Up Is Charging Thousands of Dollars for Teen Blood 243
IBM Says Watson Health's AI Is Getting Really Good at Diagnosing Cancer 51
Researchers Found Perfect Contraceptives In Traditional Chinese Medicine 144
Two Different Studies Find Thousands of Bugs In Pacemakers, Insulin Pumps and Other Medical Devices 47
Study Finds Magic Mushrooms Are the Safest Recreational Drug 198
When AI Botches Your Medical Diagnosis, Who's To Blame? 200
Sperm Stored In Space Produces Healthy Baby Mice On Earth 53
Remote Pacific Island Is the Most Plastic-Contaminated Spot Yet Surveyed 132
Baking Soda Shortage Has Hospitals Frantic, Delaying Treatments and Surgeries 250
New Battery Technology Draws Energy Directly From The Human Body 98
'Without Action on Antibiotics, Medicine Will Return To the Dark Ages' 321
Researchers Create a T-Shirt That Monitors the Wearer's Breathing Rate In Real Time 38
The Older the Doctor, the Higher the Patient Mortality Rate, Study Finds 136
Scientists 3D-Print Ovaries To Allow Infertile Mice To Mate and Give Birth 64
38,000 People a Year Die Early Because of Diesel Emissions Testing Failures 194
Cyberattack Hits England's National Health Service With Ransom Demands 202
Apple Watch Can Detect An Abnormal Heart Rhythm With 97 Percent Accuracy, UCSF Study Says 102
A Baffling Brain Defect Is Linked to Gut Bacteria, Scientists Say 55
Microsoft's Emma Watch Is a Game-Changer For People With Parkinson's 75
Chinese Startup Infervision Emerges From Stealth With An AI Tool For Diagnosing Lung Cancer 45
US Life Expectancy Can Vary By 20 Years Depending On Where You Live 292
Aspirin May Prevent Cancer From Spreading, New Research Shows 49
Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up 173
'Exercise-In-A-Pill' Boosts Athletic Endurance By 70 Percent, Study Finds 118
CRISPR Eliminates HIV In Live Animals 139
Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Nutrition Standards For School Lunches 788
Surgeon Plans To 'Reawaken' Cryogenically Frozen Brains, Transplant Them Into Someone Else's Skull 125
We're Getting Closer To Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants 54
DNA-Based Test Can Spot Cancer Recurrence a Year Before Conventional Scans 27
Popular Belief That Saturated Fat Clogs Up Arteries Is a Myth, Experts Say 273
Will the High-Tech Cities of the Future Be Utterly Lonely? 108
Mylan's Epic EpiPen Price Hike Wasn't About Greed -- It's Worse, Lawsuit Claims 159
An Artificial Womb Successfully Grew Baby Sheep -- and Humans Could Be Next 188
World's First Vaccine Against Malaria To Arrive Next Year, Says WHO 84
Can Parents Sue If Their Kid Is Born With the 'Wrong' DNA? 267
Cycling To Work Can Cut Cancer and Heart Disease 233
Theranos Used Shell Company To Secretly Buy Outside Lab Equipment, Says Report 43
Diet Sodas May Be Tied To Stroke, Dementia Risk 223
Neuroscientists Offer a Reality Check On Facebook's 'Typing By Brain' Project 58
South Indian Frog Oozes Molecule That Inexplicably Decimates Flu Viruses 114
First Evidence For Higher State of Consciousness Found 288
Salt Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, Study Says 78
AI Can Predict Heart Attacks More Accurately Than Doctors 48
The Woman Whose Phone 'Misdiagnosed HIV' 166
88% Of Medical 'Second Opinions' Give A Different Diagnosis - And So Do Some AI 74
Scientists Win $2.6 Million For Star Trek Tricorder Device 44
Children As Young As 13 Attending 'Smartphone Rehab' As Concerns Grow Over Screen Time 152
FDA Slams St. Jude Medical For Ignoring Security Flaws In Medical Devices 30
Apple Has a Secret Team Working On Non-Invasive Diabetes Sensors 94
Sleep Is the New Status Symbol 117
The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System 311
Scientists Invent Smartphone Screen Material That Can Repair Its Own Scratches 55
Scientists Turn Mammalian Cells Into Complex Biocomputers 37
Researchers Discover A Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood 60
Theranos To Investors: Please Don't Sue! Here, Have Some More Shares 86
Alcohol Is Good for Your Heart -- Most of the Time 125
Molecule Kills Elderly Cells, Reduces Signs of Aging In Mice 128
Researchers Develop App That Accurately Determines Sperm Quality 101
Satellite Navigation 'Switches Off' Parts of Brain Used For Navigation, Study Finds 158
Spider Venom Might Protect Us From Deadly Strokes 41
Most Teens Who Abuse Opioids First Got Them From a Doctor 181
Unproven Stem Cell Treatments Blind 3 Women 108
Psychopathic CEOs Are Rife In Silicon Valley, Experts Say 274
Brain Aging Gene Discovered 28
Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool 281
Parenthood Can Help You Live Longer In Older Age, Research Suggests 193
West African Village Weighs Using Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Malaria Fight 112
Work-Life Balance: Cryptographer Fired By BAE Systems For Taking Care of Dying Wife 513
Researchers Suggest Using Blockchain For Electronic Health Records 70
California Government On the Dangers of Cellphones 237
Scientists Have Found a Way To Rapidly Thaw Cryopreserved Tissue Without Damage 94
New Scientific Test Finds Up To 75 Liters of Urine In Public Pools 215
DNA Test Shows Subway's 'Chicken' Only Contains 50 Percent Chicken 244
First Signs of Obesity In Some Arctic Groups Have Been Linked To Instant Noodles 242
WHO Issues a List of 12 Most Worrying Drug-Resistant Bacteria 91
Fasting Diet 'Regenerates Diabetic Pancreas' 166
Life Expectancy Set To Hit 90 In South Korea, Study Predicts 108
Paralyzed Man Uses Brain Implant To Type Eight Words Per Minute 40
Owning a Cat Does Not Lead To Mental Illness, Study Finds 249
Studies Show Testosterone Offers Little Benefits To Aging Men 138
SpaceX's Next Launch Carries Colonies Of A Drug-Resistant Superbug 56
Genetically-Modified 'Surrogate Hens' Could Lay Eggs of Rare Chicken Breeds, Scientists Say 33
B Vitamins Reduce Schizophrenia Symptoms, Study Finds 90
Ethicists Advise Caution In Applying CRISPR Gene Editing To Humans 159
Autism Starts Months Before Symptoms Appear, Study Shows 119
New Study In Mice Shows That Increasing Serotonin Affects Motivation, But Only In Certain Circumstances 47
Amputees Control Virtual Prosthetic Arm Using Nerve Signals 8
Genetically Modified Salmonella Destroys Cancer By Provoking An Immune Response, Study Finds 79
Studies Link Some Stomach Drugs To Alzheimer's Disease and Kidney Problems 102
Misophonia: Scientists Crack Why Eating Sounds Can Make People Angry 152
Mexican Surgeon Uses VR Headset To Distract Patients During Surgery 115
Researchers Develop Compact Breathalyzer That Detects the Flu 39
Why An LSD High Lasts For So Long 138
Scientists Create Electronic Glasses That Can Automatically Focus On Whatever You're Looking At 120
FDA Confirms Toxicity of Homeopathic Baby Products; Maker Refuses To Recall 309
Medical Startup To Begin Testing At-Home Brain Zapping Devices 59
Nicotine Shown To Reduce Symptoms of Schizophrenia 205
Scientists Cure Mice of Diabetes Using Cells Grown Inside Rats 72
Deep Learning Algorithm Diagnoses Skin Cancer As Well As Seasoned Dermatologists 44
Tiny New Robots Perform Eye Surgery 52
Robotic Sleeve Mimics Muscles To Keep a Heart Beating 41
Malwarebytes Discovers 'First Mac Malware of 2017' 60
AI Can Predict When Patients Will Die From Heart Failure 'With 80% Accuracy' 153
Caffeine May Counter Age-Related Inflammation, Says Study 99
Hackers Corrupt Data For Cloud-Based Medical Marijuana System 146
'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada 296
Study Shows Wearable Sensors Can Tell When You Are Getting Sick 55
CVS Announces Super Cheap Generic Alternative To EpiPen 372
Rural Americans At Higher Risk From Five Leading Causes of Death: CDC 375
Arizona Plans To Sue Theranos Over Faulty Blood Tests 31
Scientists Use Stem Cells To Regenerate the External Layer of a Human Heart 51
Implantable Cardiac Devices Could Be Vulnerable To Hackers, FDA Warns 60
Microsoft Anti-Porn Workers Sue Over PTSD 305
Alcohol Switches the Brain Into Starvation Mode In Mice, Increasing Hunger and Appetite, Study Finds 130
'Tooth Repair Drug' May Replace Fillings 130

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