by John McMillan | Apr 24, 2026 | Medical Research
Phil Starks, Tufts University The first time the placebo effect really got under my skin was when I read that roughly one-third of people with irritable bowel syndrome improve on placebo treatments alone. Usually this statistic is presented as a fascinating quirk of...
by John McMillan | Mar 20, 2026 | Health, Medical Research
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound dramatic, but antibiotic resistance is pushing that scenario closer to becoming reality for...
by John McMillan | Oct 17, 2025 | Immune Response, Medical Research
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of U.S. and Japanese scientists won the Nobel...
by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Ethics, Medical Research
Lucy Xiaolu Wang, UMass Amherst Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every “new” drug is truly new. Patents are designed to reward breakthrough inventions by granting the inventors temporary monopoly rights to recoup the costs of research and development and...
by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Immune Response, Medical Research
Joni Wildman, University of Bath; Daniel Henk, University of Bath, and Ed Feil, University of Bath A new European health survey shows that Candidozyma auris – a dangerous drug-resistant fungus – is spreading rapidly in hospitals across the continent. Cases and...
by John McMillan | Sep 26, 2025 | Chronic Pain, Medical Research
Anna M. Zamorano, Aarhus University It’s well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it’s a great activity for the brain – it can enhance our fine motor skills,language acquisition, speech, and...
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