Medical Tech

No More Jet Lag: New Oral Compound Helps “Reset” the Body’s Internal Clock

A new oral compound can reset the circadian clock independent of timing, dramatically speeding recovery from jet lag in animal models. Most people have felt...

The US now has the first dual-action eye drop for age-related vision loss

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a landmark eye drop that uses a combined dose of medication to restore age-related near-sightedness, without...

Scientists May Have Found the True Source of Parkinson’s Disease

A newly identified brain network may be the real driver of Parkinson’s—and precisely targeting it just delivered a major boost in symptom relief. Parkinson’s disease...

Researchers Restore Brain Cell Function in Parkinson’s Models

Scientists have discovered how a toxic protein drains brain energy in Parkinson’s and how to stop it. Roughly 1 million people in the United States...

Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease

The experimental drug IC7Fc reduces artery-clogging fats and inflammation in mice, pointing to a potential new strategy for preventing heart disease. Earlier work linked the...

Gene editing takes a major step toward ending daily cholesterol pills

A new CRISPR-based one-off procedure that lowers “bad” cholesterol is expected to enter Phase I human trial in 2026. If successful, it could be...

Scientists Develop a New Way To See Inside the Human Body Using 3D Color Imaging

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D. By blending two powerful imaging methods,...

Battlefield wound spray stops bleeding in just one second

Researchers have developed a spray-on powder that turns into a wound-conforming gel when it comes in contact with blood. The breakthrough has the possibility...

AI wearable gives a voice to people rendered speechless by strokes

Speech impairment, known as dysarthria, is a very common consequence of strokes, affecting nearly half of all survivors. A stroke can cause weakness in...

Northwestern Medicine’s new antibody wakes the immune system against pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal cancers, often found too late and difficult to treat with current therapies Researchers uncovered a sugar-based coating...

Scientists Discover Natural Longevity Molecule That Restores Memory in Alzheimer’s Models

A longevity-linked metabolite restored key memory processes in Alzheimer’s models, highlighting aging biology as a promising therapeutic target. Singapore ranks among the countries with the...

First new motion sickness drug arrives after nearly half a century

Millions of Americans can now look forward to a better time traveling, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving a novel oral...

A “herculean” genetic study just found a new way to treat ADHD

A new study suggests a different solution. Instead of increasing brain activity, the research points to reducing baseline activity as a way to lower...

Can’t see to one side? Hemianopia finally has a treatment

Suddenly you can’t see to one side. It’s not that your left eye (or right) has stopped working entirely. It’s that you lose half of...

First US at-home depression headset wins FDA approval after trial shows benefits in weeks

In a major shift for how mental health conditions might be treated, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home...

Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis

Researchers at Stanford Medicine report that blocking a protein linked to aging can restore cartilage that naturally wears away in the knees of older...