Health

We should keep daylight saving time forever

By Angela Chen March 9

Denali climbers may soon have to carry their poop instead of tossing it in crevasses

By Alessandra Potenza March 8

5 comments / new

Early research suggests a phone case might be able to measure blood pressure

By Alessandra Potenza March 7

7 comments / new

23andMe’s new genetic test for cancer could create a false illusion of safety

By Angela Chen March 6

Opioid-related emergency room visits grew by 35 percent in a year

By Angela Chen March 6

This year’s deadly flu made the quest for a universal flu shot more urgent

By Rachel Becker March 6

12 comments / new

How a beach umbrella fatally impaled a woman with 800 pounds of force

By Alessandra Potenza March 5

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What the world’s largest family tree tells us about marriage and death in the West

By Angela Chen March 1

Your nose isn’t really as big as it looks in selfies

By Rachel Becker March 1

17 comments / new

Uber is driving patients to their doctors in a big grab for medical transit market

By Andrew J. Hawkins March 1

Joy of Cooking claims to be victim of bad food science from Brian Wansink

By Angela Chen February 28

Apple is creating medical clinics to offer employees healthcare and test products

By Micah Singleton February 27

Measles cases in Europe quadruple as vaccination rates drop

By Rachel Becker February 23

24 comments / new

How Dessa’s turn to neuroscience inspired her new album

After a decade in a minor key, the rapper Dessa scanned her brain to fall out of love

By Angela Chen February 23

Inside the fight over the sugar conspiracy

‘To boil it all down to the sugar industry, in our view, it doesn’t capture the whole picture’

By Alessandra Potenza February 23

43 comments / new

Kratom supplements have a new side effect: Salmonella

By Rachel Becker February 20

9 comments / new

Health

Apple’s Health app can now display medical records from 39 health systems

Consumer genetic tests may have a lot of false positives

‘Selfie medicine’ might help people take their pills — at the cost of their privacy

How badly designed electronic health records can put patients in danger

Please stop calling dopamine the ‘pleasure chemical’

How Silicon Valley’s feature creep is ruining sex toys

Gun deaths could become easier to study thanks to the new spending bill

Gender confirmation surgery improves transgender people’s lives, research confirms

What happens when an algorithm cuts your health care

I know I won’t get sick, but I’m scared of public toilet seats anyway

Hair dye: now with graphene to take away the frizz

Babies can logically reason even before they can talk

Tech companies are targeting heart disease — here’s how

How uncomfortable space suits took a toll on the first Americans who went to space

Fitbit will start tracking your period in an attempt to add more value to Fitbit

Apple Watch wristband sensor claims to detect potassium in your blood — without needles