Enlarge / Dr. Walter Edmondson of PHS draws a blood sample from a Tuskegee study participant in Milstead, Macon County, Georgia, 1953. (credit: National Archives/Public domain) This year marks the 50th anniversary of The New York Times’ exposé of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, thanks to a frustrated social worker who tipped off the press. By […]
An oral surgeon is Maryland has been accused of a horrific “depraved-heart” murder following the January death of his girlfriend, who was also a former patient and employee of his. According to police, 48-year-old James Ryan (pictured in his mugshot, above) was arrested at his medical office in Germantown, Maryland this week and charged in the death […]
This is so scary. Earlier this week in Hopewell, Virginia, seven children, all under the age of eight, were found suffering effects of an apparent overdose after taking sleeping pills. Even stranger, the pills were apparently handed out by a 7-year-old! According to local outlet WTVR-TV, authorities arrived at the apartment on Wednesday night to […]
Enlarge / If homeopathic remedies had this much nonwater material in them, we probably wouldn’t be having this discussion. (credit: Iryna Veklich / Getty Images) One of the more productive ways that the methods of science can be used is to look at the scientific process itself. A “meta-science” study (like a recent one published […]
Why software vendors pushing “explainable A. I. ” may be kidding themselves—and their customers. Read More
Why software vendors pushing “explainable A. I. ” may be kidding themselves—and their customers. Read More
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are trying so hard to have a baby — but it’s proven more difficult than expected. Just hours after a trailer for The Kardashians dropped on Monday, a new clip focusing on the Poosh founder’s pregnancy journey was released — and things seem complicated as ever! During a confessional interview, […]
Enlarge / The transplant team with the replacement heart. (credit: The transplant team with the replacement heart. ) On Wednesday, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced that David Bennett, the first human to receive a pig heart transplant , died on Tuesday, March 8. His death comes roughly two months after the transplant; the […]
Surprise! It turns out John Austin Green and Sharna Burgess weren’t exactly trying to have a baby when the Dancing With The Stars pro got knocked up ! The expecting momma opened up with fans in a candid Instagram Q& A on Monday. When one person asked if the pregnancy was a surprise, Sharna revealed: […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Infection by SARS-CoV-2 causes a dizzying array of symptoms beyond the respiratory distress that is its most notable feature. These range from intestinal distress to blood clots to the loss of smell, and symptoms vary wildly from person to person. Figuring out exactly what the virus does inside the human body […]