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Clarius is the first ultrasound developer to go wireless, pairing its handheld device with a smartphone.

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This Handheld Ultrasound Scanner Could Be the Next Stethoscope

Clarius co-founder and CEO Laurent Pelissier believes the affordable, wireless device could revolutionize health care

January 27, 2017

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This App Uses Facial Recognition Software to Help Identify Genetic Conditions

A geneticist uploads a photo of a patient’s face, and Face2Gene gathers data and generates a list of possible syndromes

January 24, 2017

The baby was produced through a controversial technique that requires implanting a fertilized nucleus into a donor egg

January 19, 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s system, which includes a grasper device and detachable tip, in 2016.

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A California Startup Wants To Revolutionize Surgery, With Magnets

A new magnetic surgical system allows surgeons to make fewer incisions and have better views during gallbladder removals

January 19, 2017

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Turmeric May Be Tasty, But It’s Not a Cure-All

New study shoots down the trendy “remedy”

January 13, 2017

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How a Children’s Toy Could Help Fight Malaria

A 20-cent whirligig-like centrifuge could help doctors in remote regions diagnose disease

January 12, 2017

A hot toddy isn't actually medicine, but it can feel like it is.

The Hot Toddy: A “Medicinal” Drink That Might Actually Work

On National Hot Toddy Day, warm up with this tasty drink, whether you’re sick or not

January 11, 2017

J. Calvin Coffey holds up a model of the mesentery

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Meet Your Newest Organ: The Mesentery

Scientists are calling for an upgrade in classification of this vital gut membrane

January 4, 2017

According to one group, animals consume eight times more antibiotics than human beings each year.

It Just Got Harder to Give Antibiotics to Farm Animals

New regulations take aim at antibiotic resistance

January 4, 2017

A technique for implanting a 3D-printed "ear" with stem cells could revolutionize treatment for microtia patients.

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Hear This, 2017: Scientists Are Creating New Ears With 3D-Printing and Human Stem Cells

Two decades after the “earmouse,” researchers have mastered a powerful technique for growing ears from fat-derived stem cells

December 30, 2016

Pangolins are prized for their meat and their scales, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

The record-breaking bust shines a spotlight on the plight of the pangolin

December 28, 2016

"Painless Parker" wore a necklace of teeth to lure in achy victims.

A Brief History of America’s Most Outrageous Dentist

Painless Parker and his dental circus live on in a Philadelphia museum

December 28, 2016

A technician takes an X-ray fluoroscope of a female patient. Fluoroscope exams delivered much more radiation exposures than modern X-rays.

Just Months After Its Discovery, the X-Ray Was in Use in War

The public was also fascinated by the fact it was possible to take pictures of somebody’s insides

December 28, 2016

Hamblin's new book uses illustrations to help explain how the human body works—and sometimes doesn't work.

The Millennial’s Doctor Releases a Handbook on Bodies

Radiologist and Atlantic editor James Hamblin provides the answers we’d hear “If Our Bodies Could Talk”

December 22, 2016

New Research

Caesarean Births Could Be Affecting Human Evolution

But it’s too soon to know for sure

December 16, 2016

Postpartum depression inflicts one in seven mothers after their child's birth.

The new legislation includes grants to help diagnose and treat this prevalent issue

December 13, 2016

While it only decreased by 0.1 percent overall, eight of the top ten causes of death all saw increases in 2015

December 9, 2016

Cool Finds

Someone Paid $46,000 for a Bunch of Mold

Its discovery was an accident, but this scientific sample changed the course of medicine forever

December 9, 2016

There have been 38 facial transplants worldwide to date. Not all have survived.

Saving Face: How One Pioneering Surgeon Is Pushing the Limits of Facial Transplants

His reconstructed faces have tongues that taste and eyelids that blink. But will they withstand the test of time?

December 9, 2016

Tamara Schwent and Kevin Curtis, PhD from Sirenas bringing in samples from the deep sea. This was a joint expedition with Chapman Expeditions and the Carmabi Research Station.

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Will the Next Big Cancer Drug Come From the Ocean?

A California startup “bioprospects” for sponges, algae and other organisms whose chemistry may be useful to the world of medicine

December 8, 2016