List/Grid Tag Archives: Medicine

A Familys Race to Cure a Daughters Genetic Disease
One July afternoon last summer, Matt Wilsey distributed small plastic tubes to 60 people gathered in a Palo Alto, California, hotel. Most of them had traveled thousands of miles to ...

A Robot That Tugs on Pig Organs Could Save Human Babies
The pig looks like any other pig, only it's been wearing a backpack for a week—in the name of science. Just behind its head sits a control box, with a battery and processor, ...

You Lied Your Way Into A Job As A Surgeon! Can You Avoid Killing Anyone Long Enough To Collect Your First Paycheck?
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You have already gone through the arduous process of becoming a surgeon. After calling the hospital ...

A new bill could let employers force their workers to submit genetic test results
The bill has slipped by without much notice.Image: Luis Llerena/stocksnap
A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo ...

Man fights rare cancer with twin’s identical stem cells
(CNN)Bruce and Blair Johanson always knew that they were identical twins, even though a medical intern told their mother when they were born that they were fraternal. Fortunately ...
Could another person’s feces help you lose weight?