A couple of months ago, we told you about the pain...  ...t George Washington fell ill in December of 1799, medical science hadn’t much more to offer. Washington felt...  ...ton’s bedchamber at 9 a.m. After taking the medical history, he applied a painful “blister of c...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...Satisfying Bathroom Reader.Most of us take modern medical science for granted. MRIs, pain relievers, and the polio...  ...public’s fear and mistrust of doctors. The medical profession called it quackery. The word is though...  ...ldquo;It is a messy...

Sharks, vampire bats, crocodiles: the stuff of hor...  ...rror movies. Yes, these animals can kill you, but medical science is turning lemons into lemonade, so to speak. For...

The Future hasn't yet made good on that promise of hoverboards, but we do now have the capability to create new blood vessels quickly, thanks to 3D printing and some innovative techniques. It seems 3D printers, while gre...

3d printing continues to take us boldly into t...  ...w world of the 21st century, and not surprisingly medical applications are at the top of the innovation lad...

Doctors from the Texas Heart Institute have su...  ...nimal and electronic hearts, it's surprising that medical researchers overlooked taking a trip to the plumb...

Italians scientists have developed a new artificial bone made from wood should be an improvement over the plastic and metal that are now used for implants. Derived from organic material, the new bone substitute will prom...

Sure, you know these five creatures as stinging, b...  ...and lung failure. But It Just Might Cure You: Medical researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmi...  ...stops your heart, its speeds it up. Consequently, medical experts believe it might be possible to tweak ele...  ...n are still in the early s...