Before Saying Yes to the Medical Test, Know the Risks and Benefits
(Maria Fabrizio for WPLN and KFF Health News) When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans,…
Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.
Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer necessary can mix…
Even as Earth’s oceans warm, one spot has gone cold
agriculture: The growth of plants, animals or fungi for human needs, including food, fuel, chemicals and medicine. Atlantic:…
Are major ocean currents moving to turn Earth into a snowball?
arXiv: A website that posts research papers — often before they are formally published — in the fields…
Wildfires can be tracked by their distinctive rumble
acoustic: Having to do with sound or hearing. array: A broad and organized group of objects. Sometimes they…
Watch: Mark Cuban Says You Can’t Fix Healthcare Until Every Price Is Known
The ongoing debate over the U.S. health system shouldn’t be based on whether the government or the private…
How sea slugs get their flashy colors
birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up at least 150 million years ago. Birds are jacketed…
Scientists Say: Event horizon
black hole: A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation (including…
Could a storm last forever?
atmosphere: The envelope of gases surrounding Earth, another planet or a moon. atmospheric physics: This field of meteorology is related…
Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It…
Teens invent first chewing gum to tackle anxiety
adolescent: Someone in that transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of puberty,…
Pokémon Go players helped build new maps of cities
In your hometown, you can glance at a building or landmark to orient yourself. A new computer system…