Medicine Stories for 2018

Scientists Find a Brain Circuit That Could Explain Seasonal Depression 43
Breakthrough Ultrasound Treatment To Reverse Dementia Moves To Human Trials 167
2018 Statistic of the Year: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Waste Has Never Been Recycled 162
Junk Food Cravings Linked To a Lack of Sleep, Study Suggests 42
The Decline of American Peyote 81
Scientists Develop 10-Minute Universal Cancer Test 83
Apple Watch Series 4 ECG, Irregular Heart Rate Features Are Now Available 39
24 Amazon Workers Sent To Hospital After Robot Accidentally Unleashes Bear Spray 221
First Baby Born After Deceased Womb Transplant 43
Google's DeepMind Predicts 3D Shapes of Proteins 51
Sci-Hub 'Pirate Bay of Science' Blocked In Russia Over Medical Studies 65
Despite CRISPR Baby Controversy, Harvard University Will Begin Gene-Editing Sperm 167
New Male Contraceptive Gel Enters Clinical Trials 193
Dark Web Dealers Voluntarily Ban Deadly Fentanyl 158
US Life Expectancy Falls Further 336
Researchers Develop Hydrogel-Based Electrodes For Brain Implants 32
Amazon Starts Selling Software To Mine Patient Health Records 84
Large Genetic Study Finds First Genes Connected With ADHD 117
Standing Desks Are Overrated 108
Human Images From World's First Total-Body Scanner Unveiled 54
Alphabet Unit Halts Glucose-Detecting Contact Lens Project 43
There Is No Link Between Insomnia and Early Death, Study Finds 58
Google Accused of 'Trust Demolition' Over Health App 60
Tantalizing But Preliminary Evidence of a 'Brain Microbiome' 65
Google Is Absorbing DeepMind's Health Care Unit To Create An 'AI Assistant For Nurses and Doctors' 27
AI Researchers Predict Alzheimer's Years Before Diagnosis 43
Why Doctors Hate Their Computers 292
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust, Two of the World's Largest Biomedical Research Funders, Back Europe's Ambitious Open-Access Plan 22
How Llamas Could Help Us Fight the Flu 56
People Who Prefer Black Coffee Are More Likely To Have Psychopathic Or Sadistic Traits, Study Finds 378
America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records 368
Are Touchscreens Robbing a Generation of Surgeons of Their Dexterity? 68
Study of Cellphone Risks Finds 'Some Evidence' of Link To Cancer, At Least In Male Rats 153
Scientists Find Link Between Parkinson's Disease and the Appendix 135
Spinal Implant Helps Three Paralyzed Men Walk Again 25
How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility 290
FDA Approves First New Flu Drug In 20 Years 39
Experts Want To Ban Organophosphate Pesticides To Protect Children's Health 71
Lavender's Soothing Scent Could Be More Than Just Folk Medicine 118
Medtronic Co-Founder Who Created Wearable Pacemaker Dies At Age 94 22
Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time 307
Not Exercising Worse For Your Health Than Smoking, Diabetes and Heart Disease, Study Reveals 213
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies of Cancer At Age 65 201
New Startup By a Trio of Doctors Uses Phone App To Collect Measures of People's Cognition and Emotional Health and Attempts To Detect Signs of Depression 50
Personal Genomics is Booming, But There's a Nationwide Shortage of Genetic Counselors Who Can Make Sense of that DNA Data 56
Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried About Synthetic Smallpox 93
Google AI Claims 99 Percent Accuracy In Metastatic Breast Cancer Detection 34
Amazon Patents New Alexa Feature That Knows When You're ill and Offers To Sell You Medicine 59
Walmart Patents Cart That Reads Your Pulse, Temperature 116
Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces To Fight Killer Lice 106
Scientists Are Working To Eliminate Senescent Cells 151
Stunt Woman Tests Apple Watch With Violent Fake Falls 96
Humans Having Sex With Neanderthals Gave Us Protection Against Ancient Epidemics 202
Artificial Sweeteners Are Toxic To Digestive Gut Bacteria, Study Finds 192
Australia Set To 'Eliminate' Cervical Cancer By 2028 181
Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer To Medicinal Use 79
Remote Access System Hacking Is No. 1 Patient Safety Risk 35
100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50 Million People. Could It Happen Again? 270
After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can Be Enough 77
Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria 248
Implanted Device Helps Two People With Paralysis Walk Again 19
Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO 211
Southern California Sees Its Longest Streak of Bad Air In Decades 107
What Ecstasy Does To Octopuses 129
Nvidia Researchers Generate Synthetic Brain MRI Images For AI Research 48
What Cardiologists Think About the Apple Watch's Heart-Tracking Feature 90
MIT Is Building a Health-Tracking Sensor That Can See Through Walls 49
Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% 670
'Mindful People' Feel Less Pain, Study Finds 101
OxyContin Billionaire Patents Drug To Treat Opioid Addiction 204
Study Finds Probiotics 'Not As Beneficial For Gut Health As Previously Thought' 115
Japan Confirms First Radiation-Linked Death Out of Fukushima 179
CRISPR Gene Editing Fixes Muscular Dystrophy In Dogs, Humans Could Be Next 112
Climate Change Could Lead To Nutrient Deficiency For Hundreds of Millions 249
China Has Withheld Samples of a Dangerous Flu Virus 239
Air Pollution Causes 'Huge' Reduction in Intelligence, Study Reveals 269
Massive Recall of Homeopathic Kids' Products Spotlights Dubious Health Claims 119
No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study 590
Poor Sleep Alters Metabolism and Boosts Body's Ability To Store Fat, Study Finds 233
Facebook Wants To Use Machine Learning To Make MRIs Faster 67
Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It 151
Low-Carb Diets Could Shorten Life, Study Suggests 170
The Psychedelic Drug DMT Can Simulate a Near-Death Experience, Study Suggests 120
FDA Approves First Generic Version of EpiPen 136
NYU Offers Full-Tuition Scholarships for All Medical Students 167
Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find 137
Hackers Can Falsify Patient Vitals 26
IBM Promised Its AI Platform Watson Would Be a Big Step Forward in Treating Cancer. But After Pouring Billions Into the Project, the Diagnosis is Gloomy. 90
Google DeepMind's AI Beats Doctors at Spotting Eye Disease in Scan 40
Monsanto Ordered To Pay $289 Million In Roundup Cancer Trial 219
Chemists Discover How Blue Light Speeds Blindness 144
Hack Causes Pacemakers To Deliver Life-Threatening Shocks 72
US Scientist Who Edited Human Embryos With CRISPR Responds To Critics 131
When Working in Virtual Reality Makes You Sick 73
Women Die More From Heart Attacks Than Men -- Unless the ER Doc Is Female 275
New Anti-Cancer Drug Put Cancers To Sleep In Mice -- Permanently 56
Air Pollution Linked To Changes In Heart Structure, Study Shows 29
Regular Sauna Users May Have Fewer Chronic Diseases 189
Bacteria Becoming Resistant To Hospital Disinfectants, Warn Scientists 122
Native American Tribe Can't Be a 'Sovereign' Shield During Patent Review, Says Court 150
IBM Watson Reportedly Recommended Cancer Treatments That Were 'Unsafe and Incorrect' 103
A Nanoscale Look At a Complete Fly Brain 73
ADHD Drugs Aren't Doing What You Think, Scientists Warn 183
New Wearable Sensor Detects Stress Hormone In Sweat 10
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You -- And It Could Raise Your Rates 299
China Negotiating For Cheaper Cancer Drugs 86
HHS Plans To Delete 20 Years of Critical Medical Guidelines Next Week 414
Hawaii Bans Sunscreens That Hurt Coral Reefs 65
EPA Blocks Warnings on Cancer-Causing Chemical: Report 173
Chinese AI Beats 15 Doctors In Tumor Diagnosis Competition 79
Scientists Use Caffeine To Control Genes 38
US Government Study Concludes: You're Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong 179
Study Suggests There's No Limit On Longevity 151
Making Medical Clothing That Kills Bugs 49
Amazon Buys PillPack, an Online Pharmacy, For Just Under $1 Billion 49
FDA Approves First Drug Derived From Marijuana Plant 116
Think Your Body Is Infested With Insects? You're Not Alone. 123
Can Two Injections of Tuberculosis Vaccine Cure Diabetes? 124
Scientists Genetically Engineer Pigs Immune To Costly Disease 80
Alzheimer's Link To Herpes Virus In Brain, Say Scientists 57
Man Reports PillCam Stuck In His Gut For Over 12 Weeks 183
The Most Important Study of the Mediterranean Diet Has Been Retracted 115
Experimental Spit Test Could Identify Men Most At Risk of Prostate Cancer 58
A Serious New Hurdle For CRISPR: Edited Cells Might Cause Cancer, Find Two Studies 110
University Seeks Volunteers For 'Hotel Influenza' 51
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Seeks Investors For New Company 108
Suicide Rates Are Up 30 Percent Since 1999, CDC Says 478
Doctors Hail World First as Woman's Advanced Breast Cancer is Eradicated 162
FDA Halts One of the First Human CRISPR Studies Before it Begins 109
China Overtakes US For Healthy Lifespan, WHO Data Finds 286
AI Better Than Dermatologists At Detecting Skin Cancer, Study Finds 60
U.S. Passes 'Right to Try' Law Allowing Experimental Medical Treatments 169
Gut Sensor Could Monitor Health -- and Beam Results to a Smartphone 27
Money's Better Than E-Cigs Or Nicotine Gum At Helping Smokers Quit, Says Study 132
Can This New Treatment Stop the Common Cold? 67
Scientists Find Physically Demanding Jobs Are Linked To Greater Risk of Early Death 169
California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen 277
California Study To Examine the Influence of a Healthy Diet On Patients 242
James Harrison, Who Has Helped Save Lives of More Than 2.4 Million Australian Babies, Retires 97
Potential New Cure Found For Baldness 132
'Biohacker' Who Injected Himself With DIY Herpes Treatment Found Dead 251
Abbott Addresses Life-Threatening Flaw In a Half-Million Pacemakers 20
Lightning Struck Her Home. Then Her Brain Implant Stopped Working. 68
YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels 243
Calcium-Based MRI Sensor Enables More Sensitive Brain Imaging 30
Can A New HIV Drug Kill The Virus That Causes AIDS? 73
Bill Gates: U.S. Education Harder to Improve Than Infant Mortality Rates 252
Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds 140
Rick Dickinson, Designer of Sinclair Spectrum Home Computers, Dies 49
In First, Doctors Treat Rare Genetic Disorder With an Injection In Utero 52
Medicare To Require Hospitals To Post Prices Online 156
Google's AR Microscope Quickly Highlights Cancer Cells 42
Doctors Tried To Lower $148K Cancer Drug Cost; Makers Tripled Its Price 384
FDA Approves First Contact Lenses That Turn Dark In Bright Sunlight 104
Amazon Shelves Plan To Sell Prescription Drugs 70
Researchers Find Genetic Cause For Alzheimer's, Possible Method To Reverse It 113
'Is Curing Patients a Sustainable Business Model?' Goldman Sachs Analysts Ask 368
Eating World's Hottest Pepper Sparks Brain Disorder, Thunderclap Headaches 155
FDA Worried Drug Was Risky; Now Reports of Deaths Spark Concern 183
Hot-Air Dryers Suck In Nasty Bathroom Bacteria, Shoot Them At Your Hands 133
Drug-Resistant 'Nightmare Bacteria' Pose Growing Threat 87
Two Studies Find 'Clear Evidence' That Cellphone Radiation Causes Cancer In Rats 217
AI Predicts Your Lifespan Using Activity Tracking Apps 48
New Deep-Learning Software Knows How To Make Desired Organic Molecules 46
Meet the Interstitium, the Largest Organ We Never Knew We Had 208
Breakthrough Study Reveals How LSD Dissolves a Person's Sense of Self 119
Can We Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria With Non-Antibiotic Drugs? 62
British Scientists Develop Wearable MRI Scanner 29
One Startup is Using Phone Calls and Other Inexpensive Means To Save TB Patients 30
World's Largest Animal Study On Cell Tower Radiation Confirms Cancer Link 242
Patients Regain Sight After Groundbreaking Trial 73
How a Virus Spreads Through an Airplane Cabin 76
Lead Exposure Kills Hundreds of Thousands of Adults Every Year in the US, Study Finds 220
AI Can Diagnose Prostate Cancer As Well As a Pathologist 58
Microplastics Found In 93 Percent of Bottled Water Tested In Global Study 177
Scientists Create a Way For People With Amputations To Feel Their Prosthetics 42
Researchers Discover Colistin-Heteroresistant Germs In the US 75
Amazon Launches a Low-Cost Version of Prime For Medicaid Recipients 88
Adult Human Brains Do Not Produce New Neurons, Study Suggests 76
Diabetes Is Actually Five Separate Diseases, Research Suggests 114
Videogame Lobbyists Join Scientists To Fight 'Gaming Disorder' Classification 72
Children Struggle To Hold Pencils Due To Too Much Tech, Doctors Say 314
Major New Study Confirms Antidepressants Really Do Work 234
Scientists Discover a New Way To Use DNA As a Storage Device 68
73 Percent of Fish In the Northwestern Atlantic Have Microplastics In Their Guts 88
Concussions Can Be Detected With New Blood Test Approved by FDA. 21
Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer, Says Study 322
To Fight Fatal Infections, Hospitals May Turn to Algorithms 4
Hospitals May Turn To Algorithms To Fight Fatal Infections 55
The Flu and Airports 180
Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression? 131
First Human Eggs Grown In Laboratory 43
Spread of Breast Cancer Linked To Compound In Asparagus and Other Foods 74
US Suicides Spiked 10 Percent After Robin Williams's Death, Study Finds 245
FDA Declares Popular Alt-Medicine Kratom an Opioid 230
Drones Could Soon Be Used To Deliver Medical Supplies in North Carolina 32
Gut Microbes Combine To Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests 43
NFL Players With Long and Short Careers Have Similar Death Risk, Study Finds 145
Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap 412
Drug Firms Shipped 20.8 Million Pain Pills To West Virginia Town of 2,900 347
Researchers Find More Evidence For the Strange Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's 99
Volkswagen Admits To Testing Diesel Fumes On Monkeys 151
Microbes May Help Astronauts Transform Human Waste Into Food 103
Study Links Decline In Teenagers' Happiness To Smartphones 158
Scientists Develop Glucose-Tracking Smart Contact Lenses Comfortable Enough To Wear 35
Apple Adds Medical Records Feature For iPhone 101
The Second Coming of Ultrasound 61
Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking, Science Panel Concludes 229
New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior 200
UK Hospitals Can Now Store Confidential Patient Records In the Public Cloud 81
China, Unhampered by Rules, Races Ahead in Gene-Editing Trials 159
New Antifungal Provides Hope in the Fight Against Superbugs 33
A Cheap and Easy Blood Test Could Catch Cancer Early 55
You Could Soon Be Manufacturing Your Own Drugs -- Thanks To 3D Printing 97
Salmonella Probably Killed the Aztecs 131
New Study Claims That the 'Black Death' Was Spread By Humans, Not Rats 97
Why You Shouldn't Stifle Your Sneeze 179
FDA Approves First Drug Aimed at Women With Inherited Breast Cancer 33
Scientists Change Our Understanding of How Anaesthesia Messes With the Brain 92
Apple Health Data Is Being Used As Evidence In a Rape and Murder Investigation 185
New Ingestible Pill Can Track Your Farts In Real Time 76
Ibuprofen Linked To Male Infertility, Study Says 131
A Popular Sugar Additive May Have Fueled the Spread of Two Superbugs 125
Price Tag On Gene Therapy For Rare Form of Blindness: $850K 218
Scientists Get Closer To Replicating Human Sperm 224
Some Hopeful Predictions for 2018 75