Health

A bald man is having his eye examined by a doctor
Surgery
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
A woman doing yoga on a yoga mat.
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
Optic nerves
Healthcare
MIT’s soft fiber implants could offer drug-free pain relief
Jonny Thomson
An image of the zika virus (in purple) infecting monkey cells (in green)
Virology
Why 20 women were just deliberately exposed to Zika
Kristin Houser
A medical scale hanging on a wall.
Public Health
What BMI can’t tell us about our health
Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan
An electron micrograph of an HIV-1 virus particle (gold) connected to an infected T cell (green)
Medicine
“Hydrogel” drugs could suppress HIV with minimal treatments
Sam Jarman
Surgeons analyzing brain images on a computer screen
Cancer
AI diagnoses brain tumors in 90 minutes or less
Kristin Houser
A woman holding a cup of smoothie and a pair of pink dumbbells.
Sports
New weight loss drug acts like an “exercise pill”
Ross Pomeroy
A man walking up the stairs with a notebook.
Biology
Exercise scientist explains what your daily step goal should be by your weight
Bob Buresh
An image of a man in a dark room.
Mental Health
New research on deep brain stimulation shows biomarkers could help depression treatment
Sankaraleengam Alagapan and Christopher Rozell
A woman preparing to administer a malaria vaccine with a syringe.
Vaccines
Why aren’t we moving faster on malaria vaccines?
Jonny Thomson
A woman laying in the grass with her eyes closed.
Healthcare
What the science really says about vitamin D deficiency
Elina Hypponen