Historically, measles has been an illness doctors only learned about in textbooks. With increasing measles outbreaks in the U.S. and around the world, that’s changing.
The measles rash (seen here) often starts on the face and neck before…
Category: 5. Health
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New scan spots heart disease years before symptoms
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have created a new medical imaging tool called “fast-RSOM” that can capture highly detailed images of the body’s smallest blood vessels directly through the skin,…
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A 20-year-old cancer vaccine may hold the key to long-term survival
More than two decades ago, a small group of women with advanced breast cancer took part in a clinical trial that tested an experimental vaccine. All these years later, every one of them is still alive. Researchers say survival over such a long…
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A Trojan horse cancer therapy shows stunning results
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created an experimental immunotherapy that approaches metastatic cancer from a different angle. Rather than attacking cancer cells directly, the treatment focuses on the cells that…
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Dermatologists say collagen supplements aren’t the skin fix people expect
Farah Moustafa, MD, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and a dermatologist with Tufts Medical Center, explains that collagen supplements are not a proven solution for skin aging. “Oral collagen supplements are not…
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Reed Jobs Lost His Father Steve To Cancer. Now His Cancer VC Firm Has Raised $200 Million.
R eed Jobs was 12 when his father, Apple founder Steve Jobs, received a harrowing diagnosis: pancreatic cancer. He died eight years later at age 56.
That tragedy led the younger Jobs to become an investor funding companies focused on preventing…
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Genes may shape how long we live more than once thought
The length of your life may depend more upon your genes than scientists thought.
Once you remove from consideration events that cut life short — such as infections and injury — genetics account for about half the factors that…
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Artificial lungs kept a man alive until he could get a transplant
Surgeons removed a man’s irreparably damaged lungs and kept him alive for 48 hours with artificial lungs…
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How Portable Ultrasounds Keep Astronauts Healthy
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how portable ultrasound devices help astronauts, how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, billions invested in AI “neolabs” and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up…
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A diabetes drug shows surprising promise against heart disease
Research building on earlier work in type 2 diabetes suggests the experimental drug IC7Fc may also help protect against heart disease. A new study reports that the drug can lower cholesterol levels and reduce inflammation, two major contributors…
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