In the ongoing game of regulatory Whack-A-Mole, the amphetamine isomer BMPEA is just the latest stimulant to pop up in the wake of another being banned.
Do you remember where you were when you heard about the 9/11 attacks? Or about the bombing at the Boston Marathon? Those are flashbulb memories – vivid, detailed and imperfect.
Aneuploidy – when a cell has an irregular number of chromosomes – is a major cause of pregnancy loss. Scientists may have uncovered a gene that increases the risk of aneuploidy.
Last month Burger King took soft drinks off of their kids’ menu. But will making low-fat milk and apple juice the new default options change how kids eat?
Tobacco 21 legislation could mean that many people never start smoking in the first place. Why? The older you are, the less likely you are to start smoking.
Understanding public opinion can help officials target messages during a health crisis. But current survey methods aren’t good at generating representative samples. Can Twitter fill in the gaps?
New research shows that black patients are more likely to have heart transplants at the worst-performing centers. So how do patients choose where to go for surgery?
According to a study of Vermont doctors, best practice guidelines for prescribing antipsychotic medication to children are followed only half the time.
Shifting the clocks ahead by an hour can’t have that much of an effect on us, right? According to the experts, losing those 60 precious minutes of sleep can really hurt.
Scientists may have consigned fad therapies to the dustbin of pseudoscientific history, but that doesn’t mean the knowledge has filtered to the mainstream.