With all of the gloom and doom headlines about the increasing spread of the coronavirus, you would think that the big pharmaceutical companies would be pulling out all of the stops to come up with a vaccine. You would be wrong. Vaccines remain science’s best – and virtually only – weapon against viruses, and yet, […] Read more

A doctor in China has been jailed for conducting horrific genetic experiments on unborn babies. He Jiankui was sentenced to three years in prison this week for genetically manipulating the DNA of three babies before they were born. Jiankui’s experiment caused international outrage after he announced in November of 2018 that he had successfully changed […] Read more

Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to observe surgery, as I have, knows that sometimes things can get a little heated, but usually not to the point of ignition! However, that is exactly what happened to a man in Australia who experienced a “flash fire” in his chest cavity during emergency heart surgery! While […] Read more

When I was younger and used to go to the dentist, I used to wonder, “What did he know that I didn’t,” when he would leave the room to push the button on the x-ray machine. I mean if this stuff was safe, what was with the heavy metal blanket, and why the hell did […] Read more

The CDC says that it is now confident it has uncovered the cause of a recent rash of deaths that have resulted from “vaping,” or the smoking of e-cigarettes. Interestingly enough, a health-surveillance system that was put in place after the 9-11 terrorist attacks of September, was used to pinpoint the cause of the vaping-related […] Read more

How can you feel younger, stronger, boost your immune system, and improve overall health? Simply “turn up the heat.” At least that is what advocates of infrared sauna therapy think! An Infrared sauna creates unique light waves that bathe your body in safe, but beneficial radiation. “These saunas use infrared panels instead of conventional heat […] Read more

Do you remember the Star Trek episode where Captain Kirk and crew were exposed to some kind of toxin that caused them to rapidly age? Eventually, the intrepid Dr. McCoy came up with a formula that in one shot, reversed the process, and the now withered and old Kirk, miraculously returned to his vigorous, sexy […] Read more

Doctors get all the good toys. I mean tools. Check out these three cool new gadgets designed to help health providers help their patients. Infrared Thermometer First, we had glass tubes filled with mercury to hold under the tongue for 10 minutes to get an accurate body temperature reading – if you could angle the […] Read more

Imagine you are a hospital or other healthcare administrator and you are in the throes of a natural disaster. If the power goes out, you have to make a decision that is in the best interests of your patients, but you know your backup generators cannot provide enough power to both keep IVs pumping and […] Read more

WeWork, the startup office-sharing company is facing bankruptcy, but that could be the least of the company’s woes. According to Reuters, WeWork has had to close nearly 2500 shared office “phone booths” at some of its 223 sites in the United States and Canada, after it says it discovered elevated levels of deadly cancer causing […] Read more