1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (661+ words) A single protein called BAX sits at the gateway between life and death for human cells. When tissues are injured, stressed, or deprived of oxygen, BAX springs into action, punching holes in the outer membrane of mitochondria and triggering the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (485+ words) A sprawling review of the meadow rue genus, Thalictrum, has catalogued a striking trove of biologically active plant chemicals across Africa and Asia, while simultaneously exposing how little of the evidence stands up to rigorous scientific scrutiny....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (704+ words) Cardiovascular medicine is quietly undergoing a structural rethink, and the change begins with the order of operations....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (788+ words) A benign tumor growing on the vestibular nerve deep inside the skull is daunting enough on its own, but a new study suggests that for many patients, the financial aftermath of treatment is less catastrophic than feared....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (55+ words) Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies on the planet, striking roughly 17 million people each year, yet doctors still miss the mark often enough to matter. In about 13 percent of appendectomies, the removed appendix turns out to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (596+ words) Medical implants save millions of lives every year, yet they remain vulnerable to two stubborn enemies: corrosion and infection....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (83+ words) Ovarian cancer remains one of the most lethal gynecologic malignancies, and for decades researchers have pursued an idea that sounds deceptively simple: train the patient’s own immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. A new analysis of the entire…...