Medicine

A 72-year-old man, diagnosed with a very aggressive type of cancer known as glioblastoma, had brain scans that showed his tumor shrank significantly just days after treatment. Two other individuals with a similar cancer diagnosis didn't have such positive results,...

In a four-hour surgery undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, March 16th, doctors have managed to perform the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced on Thursday. In the hospital,...

The first fertility bank for pre-pubescent boys who suffer from malignancies and immunodeficiencies has opened in Greece, with the aim of helping those at risk of losing their fertility. Greece is Shaping the Future of Fertility Treatment The opening of the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light for the first-ever drug to treat severe frostbite. The new drug, called iloprost, works by making blood vessels wider and stopping blood from clotting in frostbitten people. After...

A new cholesterol-lowering drug called Nexletol has shown promise in reducing the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems in people who cannot tolerate traditional statin drugs, according to a major study presented at the American College of...

In a new study, scientists from University College London suggest that men who use drugs like Viagra for erectile dysfunction might lower their chances of acquiring Alzheimer's disease. Researchers looked at over 260,000 men and found that those using these...

For the ancient Greeks the liver had an important role in divine and spiritual daily life: the liver was the center of the soul and the source of emotions.

An Israeli archaeological team has recently discovered significant artifacts from an "uncommon" sort of brain surgery, performed in approximately 1500 B.C. In the archaeological site of Tel Megiddo, a tomb was found to contain the skeletal remains of two...

Medicine played a central role in Ancient Greek culture, as it did in history at large. The oath of Hippocrates is still taken by young medicine students internationally today. Ancient Greek medical practices date back to the very early Mycenean...

Researchers have found a new type of antibiotic that seems capable of killing drug-resistant bacteria. The bacteria, which doesn't respond well to many medicines is one of three that has proven to be especially tough to handle. The newly discovered...

Researchers have come up with a new innovative method in the elimination of cancer cells. When scientists shine near-infrared light on aminocyanine molecules, they begin vibrating together. This synchronized vibration is potent enough to rupture the outer walls of...

Thirty years ago, Brazilian scientists started looking into an interesting outcome of getting bitten by a banana spider: the venom caused people to experience priapism, which is a painful and long-lasting erection. Inspired by the spider's venom, these scientists worked...

Greek grandmothers, or "yiayias," in their accumulated wisdom and vast experience, have been known to use homemade remedies for millennia.

A landmark study has shown that severe asthma can be controlled using biologic therapies, without the addition of regular high-dose inhaled steroids which can have significant side effects. The findings from the multinational SHAMAL study, published in The Lancet, demonstrated...

New studies reveal a truth to the age-old saying that marriage can increase your blood pressure. Studies have now indicated it's not just a joke but that couples are indeed more susceptible to this potentially dangerous condition. Shockingly, nearly half...