- FDA Approves Lodoco, First Inflammatory Drug for Cardiac Disease. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/fda-approves-lodoco-first-anti-inflammatory-drug-for-cardiovascular-disease-heres-why-its-a-big-deal#How-colchicine-works 8 comments science
- Skin cell regenerating gun that uses stem cells to heal burns in days https://www.healthline.com/health/skin-cell-gun 65 comments science
- New COVID-19 Variants Have Scientists Worried https://www.healthline.com/health-news/delta-plus-epsilon-gamma-new-covid-19-variants-have-scientists-worried#Other-worrisome-variants 11 comments worldnews
- The Impact If the Medicare Eligibility Age Is Lowered to 60 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/the-impact-if-the-medicare-eligibility-age-is-lowered-to-60#the-advantages 108 comments moderatepolitics
- China Has Been Vaccinating Its Population for Weeks: What We Know https://www.healthline.com/health-news/china-has-been-vaccinating-its-population-for-weeks-what-we-know#the-bottom-line 20 comments worldnews
- aviators man https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/fall-asleep-fast#10-secs-to-sleep 11 comments navy
- Can Clothes and Shoes Track COVID-19 into Your House? What to Know https://www.healthline.com/health-news/shoes-clothes-and-covid-19?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned&utm_term=covid&utm_content=2020-04-07 3 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus Outbreak Tops Over 135,000 infected and Over 4,900 deaths have resulted from the disease. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/coronavirus-live-updates 122 comments worldnews
- Studies show that yoga may help improve heart health and reduce several risk factors for heart disease. One study found that participants over 40 years of age who practiced yoga for five years had a lower blood pressure and pulse rate than those who didn't https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-benefits-of-yoga#:~:targettext=studies%20show%20that%20yoga%20may%20help%20improve%20heart%20health%20and,didn't%20(%2011%20). 12 comments science
- Fatty liver drug might soon hit shelves. 25-30% of Europeans suffer from this https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-drug-may-be-coming-soon-for-fatty-liver-disease 12 comments science
- From 2009 to 2015, cases of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver rose by 50 percent among women. Women are now diagnosed with alcohol-related disorders at twice the rate of men. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/alcohol-related-cirrhosis-in-women-spikes 15 comments science
- It's not just kids going unvaccinated. Only 20 percent of U.S. adults have had an updated Tdap vaccine or a pneumococcal vaccine, and fewer than half got a flu shot in 2014. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/americans-skipping-helpful-vaccines 493 comments science
- Research challenging the ‘cholesterol hypothesis’ concludes benefits from statin therapy have been exaggerated and ‘bad’ cholesterol isn’t the enemy. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/bad-cholesterol-may-have-bad-rap 4 comments science
- More than 60 percent of people prescribed opioid painkillers reported having leftover pills, and one in five reported sharing their medication with someone else http://www.healthline.com/health-news/majority-of-prescription-painkillers-remain-in-medicine-chests 33 comments science
- The average fantasy sports player is a 37-year-old, college educated man and spends $465 a year on fantasy sports. http://www.healthline.com/health/fantasy-football-addictive#2 3 comments sports
- Scientists Find Gene Editing with CRISPR Hard to Resist http://www.healthline.com/health-news/scientists-find-gene-editing-with-crispr-hard-to-resist-092915 6 comments science
- Gene Turns Colorectal Cancer Cells Into Healthy Tissue http://www.healthline.com/health-news/gene-turns-colorectal-cancer-cells-into-healthy-tissue-061815#2 15 comments science
- Combination of Stem Cell and Drug Therapy Could Reverse Type 2 Diabetes http://www.healthline.com/health-news/combination-of-stem-cell-drug-therapy-could-reverse-type-2-diabetes-051915#1 3 comments science
- Technology is causing millennials a lifetime of pain: back and neck problems, weight gain, nearsightedness, hearing damage, and disturbed sleep http://www.healthline.com/health-news/is-technology-causing-a-lifetime-of-pain-for-millennials-050415 48 comments technology
- For the first time, researchers create artificial muscles that can expand or contract while bending and can flex either downward or upward. The material they used? Onion skin covered in a thin layer of gold http://www.healthline.com/health-news/artificial-muscles-that-are-made-from-onions-050515 21 comments science
- Researchers fed 15 young children at high risk of type 1 diabetes increasing doses of powdered insulin for about 6 months. The insulin stimulated a protective response by the children's immune systems that stopped the body attacking pancreatic islet cells and blocked the development of diabetes. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/daily-oral-insulin-could-help-prevent-type-1-diabetes-042115 10 comments science
- Scientists find "robust" evidence chronic fatigue syndrome is triggered by common infections like mononucleosis, forcing the immune system into overdrive and causing it to produce more immune cells called cytokines for at least 3 years http://www.healthline.com/health-news/evidence-found-that-chronic-fatigue-is-a-physical-illness-022715 55 comments science
- Keytruda, the first of a flood of new cancer drugs approved to target the PD-1 pathway, will be the 6th most expensive drug in the world at $12,500 per month http://www.healthline.com/health-news/keytruda-new-class-cancer-drugs-091014 9 comments science
- Scientists infect tobacco plants with bacteria that carry genes to make human antibodies. The plants express the monoclonal antibodies in their leaves, which are purified to make medicines for Ebola, HIV, MRSA, cholera, E. coli, and West Nile http://www.healthline.com/health-news/zmapp-and-plant-made-medicines-082614 22 comments science
- Study: People would rather give themselves electric shocks than be alone with their thoughts http://www.healthline.com/health-news/electric-shocks-rather-than-thoughts-070314 20 comments science
- Researchers have found an epigenetic marker that could predict breast cancer years before diagnosis in all women, not just those with a BRCA gene mutation http://www.healthline.com/health-news/blood-test-predicts-cancer-risk-070114 3 comments science
- In the U.S., faith and medical science are on a collision course http://www.healthline.com/health-news/faith-and-medicine-on-collision-course-061914 6 comments science
- News analysis: Are we misdiagnosing common childhood stresses as ADHD? http://www.healthline.com/health-news/misdiagnosing-childhood-trauma-as-adhd-050614 13 comments science
- Overpopulation overlooked in global health. Research suggests ideal family is one child, not 2.1. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/overpopulation-driving-global-health-crisis-031914 33 comments science
- Novel Blood Test Can Find One Cancer Cell Among Millions http://www.healthline.com/health-news/cancer-detecting-blood-test-fastcell-022814 19 comments science
- "Healthy obesity" is a myth. Overweight and obese people have an elevated risk of heart attack and heart disease, whether or not they have metabolic syndrome. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/heart-excess-weight-raises-risk-of-heart-attack-without-metabolic-syndrome-111113 2559 comments science
- 'Vampire Steroid' May Haunt U.S. Rivers and Streams http://www.healthline.com/health-news/policy-is-a-toxic-steroid-lurking-in-rivers-and-streams-092613 3 comments science
- Farming on the International Space Station will begin with a NASA mission this December http://www.healthline.com/health-news/tech-nasa-teaches-astronauts-to-farm-in-space-091513 34 comments science
- Indian researchers have found a new way to identify people from a distance, even in the dark or while they're wearing masks - thermal scanning of facial blood vessels http://www.healthline.com/health-news/tech-thermal-face-scanning-newest-way-to-identify-at-a-distance-071713 16 comments science
- Using spider venom, Brazilian scientists create a protein to protect bite victims, without relying on painful animal testing http://www.healthline.com/health-news/tech-spider-venom-engineered-making-antivenom-051013 4 comments science
- Breast milk protein-lipid complex HAMLET kills MRSA http://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-breast-milk-protein-kills-superbugs-050213 6 comments science
- London artist makes amazing prosthetic limbs for amputees http://www.healthline.com/health-news/tech-prosthetic-maker-creates-limbs-with-personality-041913 3 comments technology
- Many U.S. employers discriminate against smokers, but doctors say if healthcare costs are the only consideration, they must also exclude fat people, those who drink alcohol and soda, and anyone who drives a car http://www.healthline.com/health-news/policy-employers-should-not-discriminate-against-smokers-041013 103 comments politics
- Study: Conservatives and liberals assess risk in different parts of the brain http://www.healthline.com/health-news/liberals-and-conservatives-assess-risk-differently-021313 3 comments politics
- Parkinson's research points the way to a "creativity pill" http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/healthline-connects/dopamine-therapy-sparks-creativity-parkinsons-patients-012412 4 comments science