Tag: Medicine

Black Protester Shows Nazi That Love Really Does Trump Hate

Aaron Courtney, an African-American man and high school football coach probably didn't plan on hugging a white supremacist last weekend - however, that's exactly what happened. Last week, hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters faced off in Gainesville, Florida during a speech by alt-right leader, Richard Spencer (Spencer's speech was quickly drowned out by chants of "Go home!"). At one point during the protest, a...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...
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Drug Company That Blocked Legal Weed is Now Selling Synthetic Marijuana

A few months ago, the people of Arizona voted to keep marijuana illegal. It was a close vote - a mere 51% of the...

Scientists Have Discovered What May Be the First Safe Opiate

According to the CDC, from 2000 to 2014 nearly 500,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. 2014 had a record high of...

No Pulse & Frozen for Hours. Yet, he Survived.

Lucky would be an understatement to describe Justin Smith. The 26-year-old Pennsylvania man not only beat the reaper after being nearly frozen to death,...

Why Aspirin May be the Most Powerful Weapon in the War on Brain Cancer

Less than 20 percent of people with brain cancer survive more than five years after their diagnosis. It’s one of the most deadly forms...

Nootropics Might Help You Reach Your Max Potential, Without Negative Side Effects

Have you ever found yourself completely exhausted by mid-day, virtually incapable of finishing that lengthy to-do list you wrote up in the morning or...

New Therapy Attacks Cancer with Extraordinary Results

A long sought weapon against cancer is gaining ground as doctors develop new immunotherapy technologies that empower the immune system to better attack previously...

Revolutionizing Lung Cancer with a Vaccine Cuba has had for Years

The United States’ 55-year trade embargo with Cuba was the last great bastion of the Cold War. It prevented any exports to Cuba except...

New Bionic Spinal Cord Might Help the Paralyzed Walk

A new match-sized invention is expected to return independent mobility to paralyzed patients as early as next year. Australian researchers have developed a stent-based electrode...

Anti-Aging Drug Could Help us Live to 120 Years-Old

For centuries mankind has been searching for the fountain of youth answer to stave off aging, and now scientists have announced that a new...

Meet The Happy Child Who Received The World’s First Double Hand Transplant

Zion Harvey has more of a reason to smile than anybody. The eight year-old boy from Baltimore made medical history this week when he...

A New Single-Drop DNA Test Detects Disease in 90 Minutes

Testing DNA for diseases is about to hit rapid speed thanks to a new single-drop test that has the power to detect harmful viruses...

Scientists Move Closer With Gene Therapy In Finding The Cure For HIV

Last week I watched "Dallas Buyers Club" the movie that garnered Oscars for both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto tells the story of AIDS...