Health
Pulling Your Hair Out? It Might Just Help Reverse Baldness
Plucking hair could be a counterintuitive way to fight balding, according to a study of quorum sensing in rat follicles
Teen Pregnancies Have Hit an All-Time Low
But teens still aren’t opting for the most effective forms of birth control
Building a Bionic Pancreas
A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
Scientists Predict Obesity Rates by Examining Sewage Microbes
The microbial makeup of a city's sewage can indicate its population's physique
A Bus Stop Climbing Wall and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Unbreakable shoelaces? They come in stylish colors and patterns
Medical Holograms Are Now Part of the Surgeon's Toolkit
Technology hitting the market will help doctors examine heart conditions or check for colon cancer without breaking the skin
Here’s More About the Drug Behind Indiana’s HIV Epidemic
Illegal use of Opana, or oxymorphone, is fueling a public health crisis in Scott County, Ind.
Cats Get Breast Cancer Too, and There's a Lot We Can Learn From It
Understanding aggressive tumors in pets may lead to better treatments for the nastiest forms of the disease in people
The Brief History of “Americanitis”
More than a century ago, the experts thought that Americans worked too hard, putting their collective health at risk
Modern Marijuana Is Often Laced With Heavy Metals and Fungus
Medical and recreational marijuana use is increasingly legal—but do consumers know what they're smoking?
Could a Bra Actually Detect Breast Cancer?
Using thermodynamic sensors, the iTBra could one day screen for breast cancer, but experts are wary
A Ghostbusters Board Game, Lights That Respond to Music and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Also, a sensor that uses thermal technology to track the amount of gas left in a tank
With Wearable Devices That Monitor Air Quality, Scientists Can Crowdsource Pollution Maps
Emerging technology means anyone with a smartphone can become a mobile environmental monitoring station
Fecal Fermentation and Electronic Pills May Help Decipher Gut Gases
Some intestinal gases have been linked with diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and colon cancer, so tracking them might explain the connection
How the Sugar Industry Influenced Dental Research
Newly uncovered “sugar papers” reveal that the sugar lobby played a major role in 1970s dental public health policies
New Drawings Show the Strange Beauty of Phages, the Bacteria Slayers
Phage viruses rearrange genes, prey on bacteria and maintain microbial diversity. Can we harness them to do our bidding?
An Augmented Reality Children's Book, Bacon Jerky and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded
Never worry about halitosis again with the Breathometer Mint bad breath tracker
U.S. Heroin Overdose Rate Nearly Quadruples
As prescription painkillers become more difficult to abuse, the face of heroin addiction is changing
Americans Can’t Agree on What Shapes Health
New research shows that Americans think a broad variety of factors can make us sick
Allergy Treatments Could Someday Start Before You Are Born
Studies in mice are showing that it might be possible treat disorders that have a genetic basis during pregnancy
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