A Teen's Lungs Were So Badly Damaged from Vaping, He Needed A Double Lung Transplant By Nicoletta Lanese The 17-year-old patient's lungs were so severely inflamed and scarred that they had to be replaced.
The Vagus Nerve: Your Body's Communication Superhighway By Katherine Gould Would you believe that one nerve controls everything from your ability to feel the skin on your ear to the speed of your heart and your digestive system? Get to know the vagus nerve
4 Bacteria Strains Gang Up to Cause Deadly Flesh-Eating Infection By Nicoletta Lanese Multiple strains of the same bacterial species work together to cause deadly infection.
Heavy Marijuana Use Could Double Stroke Risk for Young People, Study Suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu The findings add to a growing body of research linking marijuana use to an increased risk of cardiovascular problems.
How Many Calories Can the Brain Burn by Thinking? By Emma Bryce Our brains are ravenous, guzzling up to a quarter of the body's energy. So thinking really hard should be an easy way to burn more calories — right?
2 Everyday Chemicals Created Toxic Fumes That Killed Buffalo Wild Wings Manager By Rachael Rettner An employee at Buffalo Wild Wings died, and more than a dozen others were injured, when they were exposed to toxic fumes created by a mix of common cleaners.
This E-cigarette Additive May Be Causing Lung Illnesses in Vaping Outbreak, CDC Says By Yasemin Saplakoglu Vitamin E acetate is a "very strong culprit of concern" in the vaping outbreak.
Doctors Are Trying to Use CRISPR to Fight Cancer. The 1st Trial Suggests It's Safe. By Nicoletta Lanese Preliminary data from an innovative clinical trial suggests CRISPR could be safe for use in cancer therapy.
Women Missing Brain's Olfactory Bulbs Can Still Smell, Puzzling Scientists By Yasemin Saplakoglu It's not clear how they are able to do this.
Teens with Anorexia May Be 'Dangerously Ill' Even if They Are Not Underweight By Nicoletta Lanese Extensive and rapid weight loss in teens with anorexia makes them severely ill, regardless of their overall weight.
5-Inch-Long Tapeworm Lived in Man's Brain for More Than a Decade By Rachael Rettner A man in China who experienced seizures and other mysterious symptoms turned out to have a rare parasitic tapeworm in his brain.
Exercise May Help Ward Off Depression, Even If You're Genetically Prone to It By Rachael Rettner Although certain genes boost a person's risk of depression, increased levels of exercise essentially canceled out this risk.
Strangers on Social Media Diagnose Each Other's STDs. Doctors Are Concerned. By Nicoletta Lanese A new study dives into the phenomenon of "crowd diagnosis," wherein strangers on the internet ask each other for health advice.
Woman Gets Parasitic Worms in Her Eyes After a Trail Run By Rachael Rettner A woman developed a horrifying infection with a parasitic eye worm that she likely caught while on a trail run in California.
Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday (So You Get 1 More Hour of Sleep) By Laura Geggel This Sunday, people across the United States can luxuriate in an extra hour of sleep as daylight saving time comes to an end.
How a Man's Fecal Transplant Turned Fatal By Mindy Weisberger The patient developed a fatal infection from antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria.
A Child Got His Tongue Stuck in a Bottle. Doctors Freed It with This Ingenious Method By Rachael Rettner When a boy's tongue became stubbornly stuck in a juice bottle neck, a doctor had a unique idea to get it unstuck.
Measles Wipes Your Immune System's 'Memory,' So It Can't Fight Other Infections By Nicoletta Lanese Two new studies detail how the measles virus causes "immune amnesia."
Case of 'Rat Bite Fever' Reminds Us That Even Pet Rats Carry Loads of Diseases By Rachael Rettner A woman's pet rat gave her a potentially fatal illness known as "rat bite fever."
What Turned This Woman's Pee a Striking Shade of Lilac? By Nicoletta Lanese A relatively rare chemical reaction can turn people's pee purple.
