Category: Health
Liquid-Crystal Switchable Focus Eyeglass Lenses
If you’re cursed with bifocals or fear they’re in your future, you’ll be glad to know optical scientists...
Childhood Chickenpox Shots May Be Slashing Shingles Cases Decades Later—by Quite a Bit
A massive study of over 85 million U.S. medical records has confirmed that childhood vaccinations against chickenpox lowers...
Print New Organs With Bioink
Our donut and fizzy sugar water consumption aside, we’re working hard on keeping our arteries from clogging these...
Hair Loss Was Just the Start. Ozempic Users Are Also Reporting Nail Trouble
A pair of studies have found evidence that GLP-1 users are more likely to lose their hair and...
The I-PPO Menstrual Cycle Tracker
Even those of us at Gizmodo who get periods don’t understand what the point of the I-PPO menstrual...
Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among Kids and Teens—and It’s Not the Same Disease Adults Get
Colorectal cancers in people 20 and under are often aggressive and delayed in diagnosis, new research shows.
Foldable Crutches
To prevent adding insult to injury, these foldable crutches make it easier for someone to put away long,...
1 in 8 Cancers Are Caused by Infections. The Biggest Culprit Isn’t HPV
A new WHO report quantifies the toll of HPV, HIV, and many other carcinogenic pathogens.
Pill Takers Cup
Chunky pills always make your gag reflex act up? This plastic cup has a small ledge inside for...
Something Strange Happens When an Old Heart Is Transplanted Into a Young Body
Harvard medical researchers have discovered that donor hearts decades older or younger than their recipients start to look...
