Health

Verified records of global health developments, including medical research, public health updates, diseases, treatments, and healthcare systems. This category provides factual reporting on health-related topics without interpretation or editorial bias.

Can Vaccines Prevent or Treat Cancer?

Vaccines already prevent some cancers and one therapeutic cancer vaccine is approved in the United States.…
What Is Consciousness? Why Science Still Can’t Fully Explain It

Brain imaging, anesthesia and studies of severely injured patients are revealing when consciousness appears and disappears,…
What Happens in the Brain During Déjà Vu?

The sudden feeling that a new moment has happened before appears to involve the brain’s familiarity…
Cryonics: Can Humans Really Be Frozen and Revived?

Cryopreservation can keep cells, embryos and even some animal organs viable at extremely low temperatures, but…
Can Scientists Grow Replacement Human Organs?

Researchers can already grow organ-like tissues and some replacement skin, but building a full-sized kidney, heart…
The Placebo Effect Is Real, But It Has Limits

Expectation can change pain, symptoms and measurable brain activity, but placebo responses are not evidence that…
Why Do We Dream? What Science Knows So Far

Dreams emerge across different stages of sleep and may reflect memory and emotional processing, but scientists…
How the Immune System Protects the Body

From rapid first-line defenses to highly targeted antibodies and immune memory, the body uses an interconnected…
What Ultra-Processed Food Does to the Body

Ultra-processed foods are associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease and other health problems, while controlled research suggests…
How Human Memory Works and Why We Forget

Memory is not a perfect recording of the past. The brain continually encodes, strengthens, retrieves and…
Can AI Stop the Next Pandemic?

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists detect outbreaks sooner, analyze dangerous pathogens faster and accelerate vaccine research,…
How the Gut Microbiome Affects Your Health

Scientists are discovering that the gut microbiome influences digestion, immunity, metabolism and even brain function, but…