Health

A bald man is having his eye examined by a doctor

Arkansas man receives world’s first eye transplant

The world’s first whole eye transplant puts doctors a major step closer to restoring vision with donor eyes in the future.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?

Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet the effect sizes found in studies tend to be moderate.

Kevin Dickinson

A woman is peacefully sitting on a pink wall.

Mental Health

Insomnia and mental disorders are linked, but exactly how is still a mystery

The relationship between insomnia and mental disorders is complex. It’s not just a case of “which comes first”?

Ben Bullock

a young girl is sitting on a man's lap while a doctor tests her hearing

Medicine

New gene therapy reverses hearing loss in 4 children

A new gene therapy being trialed in China was able to reverse hearing loss in 4 of the 5 children to receive it.

Kristin Houser

an illustration of the synthetic melanin being applied to skin

Medicine

New “super melanin” protects and heals skin

A “super-charged” synthetic melanin is even better at protecting the skin and healing damage than the natural kind.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

The psychedelic DMT causes the brain to become hyperconnected, scans reveal

Researchers gave 20 healthy subjects potent, intravenous doses of the psychedelic DMT and observed their brains. Here's what they found.

Ross Pomeroy

A man eating chili peppers in a red field.

Food

Capsaicin: Could the compound that gives chili peppers their heat treat diabetes and obesity?

Capsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their burn, could help with diabetes and obesity, but only at an uncomfortably high dose.

Ross Pomeroy

a close-up of a person's legs as they walk on a treadmill, with an exoskeleton providing support

Medicine

Gold-laced gel could help you recover from a major muscle injury

A combination of electrical stimulation and a gold nanoparticle-laced hydrogel could one day help people recover from major muscle injuries.

Kristin Houser

A bedroom with a bed and a lamp, where the history of insomnia has left its mark.

Neuroscience

A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep

Insomnia is big business and getting bigger. When did sleep become so important, so elusive, and so expensive?

Philippa Martyr

images showing the effect of the treatment on neuromuscular junctions

Biology

Blocking this one protein could strengthen muscles

Stanford researchers have figured out how a therapy that blocks a single protein can reverse age-related muscle loss in mice.

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

CRISPR cure for HIV now tested in 3 people

Excision BioTherapeutics has shared data from the first human clinical trial of a CRISPR cure for HIV. Here's what we know — and don't know.

Kristin Houser

A man is holding up a living pharmacy prototype, which looks like a small piece of plastic with lines on it

Medicine

“Living pharmacies” could mean you never forget to take your meds again

The US government is funding the development of "living pharmacies," implants containing cells that release medications on demand.

Kristin Houser

Sports

Cardio improves cognitive function & mental health. Here’s the best way to do it at home.

While many people do cardio exercise to keep physically fit, research shows cardio also improves cognitive function and mental health.

Saravana Kumar and Hunter Bennett and Lewis Ingram

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