Public Health & Epidemiology
Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.
Experiencing too much pleasure and not enough pain may yield counterintuitive consequences.
There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
The cause of Alzheimer’s is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
Some of the most popular “anti-aging” diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
One hypothesis says that sleep helps “clean” the brain of damaged molecules and toxic proteins.
The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.
On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man.
The credibility problem facing the biomedical and public health establishment is, at least in part, a product of its own making.
Elevated blood pressure, even within the normal range, is associated with accelerated brain aging.
You may only have a few minutes to prepare.
The secret to alleviating chronic back pain may be to treat psychological issues like anxiety and repressed emotions.
Smallpox, Ebola, HIV, influenza, the plague, malaria, and a whole host of terrible bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites were cooked up by Mother Nature, all on her own. Apparently, Mother Nature hasn’t banned gain-of-function research.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Nearly 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries.
It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
A new study suggests that reports of the impending infertility of the human male are greatly exaggerated.
According to this research, eight percent of Americans always refuse vaccines. Why?
Contact-tracing apps can be a useful tool for public health, but they have considerable false positive and false negative rates.
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.
New research from the University of Granada found that stress could help determine sex.