T-Cells, our body’s warrior in the war against cancer [Video]

Our bodies are pretty incredible and for the most they are amazingly resilient, able to bounce back from most injuries and illnesses it finds itself subjected to, but even with all those abilities to recover there are ... continue

That ‘microrocket’ – well it’s intended for you stomach and other bodily parts [Video]

Let me just say off the top here that the idea of any 'rocket'; no matter how micro, travelling though my internal organs is disturbing to say the least and I don't care what the scientists at ... continue

Starving the malaria parasite to death shows real promise as cure

Malaria is one of the world's largest killers of human beings. In 2008 there were between 190 million and 311 million reported cases of malaria with between 708,000 and 1.003 million people killed by malaria; with the ... continue

Study: Doctors would treat selves differently than patients

A new study published in the medical journal the Archives of Internal Medicine details the differences in the ways physicians treat patients versus treatments they'd select for themselves. Interestingly, doctors were far more likely to chance death in their ... continue

Brain surgeon tells the medical back story of Congressional Rep. Giffords on Quora

I am a member of Quora but I really don't spend all that much time thre as I have more than enough time sucks in my life but one thing is for sure - some of the ... continue

TSA Venn Diagram Redux: Your Junk

A more nuanced version of how several professions, including the TSA, relate to your junk. [Reddit] continue

One step closer to that magic Star Trek medical tricorder

I so many ways it is pretty neat how much of the science fiction from shows like Start Trek are finding modern day implementations. It's fairly easy to see the similarities between our cellphones and Star Trek's ... continue

Big Pharma’s biggest scare – Placebos cure better than their new drugs

There is an 800 pound elephant in the boardroom of all the big pharma corporations and it consists of nothing more than milk sugar in the shape of a pill – otherwise known as ... continue

Doctors may soon be able to super glue bones together

Typically when it comes to repairing badly shattered or broken bones in the human body doctors have use all kinds of pins, plates and screws to hold everything in place until the body can ... continue

Smoking is worse than rape and terrorism

I realize that smokers are the lowest scum of the earth lately and that we get bastardized and ostracized worse than the homeless, the drug addicts and the drunks but now we are being ... continue