A huge meta-analysis came out recently looking at how effective antidepressants actually are. It turns out, the results are complicated, and we had a hard time reducing all the stuff in this study to a headline. So, the title's a...

To treat oral cancer, National Science Foundation-funded small business Privo Technologies has created a platform that delivers treatments directly to the affected area. Privo develops new classes of targeted treatments, such as...

Professor Michael Sailor hopes to dramatically change how cancer is being treated. With support from the National Science Foundation, he is on a quest to create nanoparticles that travel the bloodstream, latch onto cancers in their...

A century ago, the top three causes of death were infectious diseases. More than half of all people dying in the United States died because of germs. Today, they account for a few percent of deaths at most.

In this video, we discuss the basic mechanisms of action of cardiac drugs such as statins and diabetic medications.

There are plenty of conspiracy theories out there about the CIA and, in particular, CIA mind control. When it comes to Project MKUltra, however, the conspiracies are frighteningly accurate. The public doesn’t have to rely on hearsay and...

Bilingual brains, computing clouds, a life-saving musical sensor and genome sequencing in medieval cemeteries. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week, all with funding from...

In part 5 of INET's interview with Fred Block, he says that the country needs all companies in a national innovation fund that helps pay for research into profitable products, and can insure that the public receives a return on its...

In order for a drug to be approved by the FDA, it must prove itself better than a placebo, or fake drug. But when it comes to medical devices and surgery, the requirements aren't the same. Placebos aren't required. That is likely a...

I'm a doctor. My father is a doctor. My colleagues are doctors, the people I train are doctors, lots and lots of my friends are doctors. But that doesn't meant that doctors sometimes aren't blind to certain issues like their own...

Strokes are primarily caused by blood clots in the blood vessels of the brain. An NSF-funded technology developed by Insera Therapeutics is designed to efficiently trap and remove these clots, even in some of the tiniest blood vessels....

Can algorithms trained on data detect and diagnose diseases like Covid-19 better than humans? Tech executives discuss the potential of AI-driven tools to help in detecting and preventing medical conditions.

The antidepressant fluvoxamine, sold under the brand name Luvox, could reduce risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms by almost a third in high risk patients.

America spends $40bn a year on the war on drugs. But its “zero tolerance” approach has done little to curb addiction or overdose rates, which are the highest in the world.

Teenagers might get up to risky behavior. But if you keep them busy, they're less likely to get in trouble. Challenging academic standards can help reduce risky business.

Improper use of antibiotics can create strains of drug-resistant pathogens. Fourty-five thousand cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis are found in the US each year. In one third of these cases, the patient dies. In Russia, at least...

Interest in the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin has increased drastically as of late thanks to the belief that it can help to prevent and/or treat Covid-19. In today’s episode we examine recent data on the efficacy of Ivermectin as an...

Learn how the SHELTER (TM) device works and see it in action, removing a gummi bear "clot" from a model of blood vessels in the brain.

Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer discusses new Covid-19 treatments, and the successes and failures in the process of developing drugs for a global pandemic.

In part 4 of INET's interview with Giovanni Dosi, he says that the pharmaceutical industry systematically takes advantage of the public by taking the fruits of government-sponsored research and then substantially marking up its...

Now that we understand the basics regarding NSAIDs, let's dive into a few specific drugs from this class. First up, aspirin. This drug has been around for centuries, but now with a modern understanding of chemistry and biochemistry, we...

We all have secrets we'd rather not led the world know, but when you're a multi billion dollar company, there tends to be a lot more at stake.

Syracuse sociologist Shannon Monnat explains how Trump overperformed in places with high rates of drug use, suicide, and family distress—the depths of despair.<br/>

We see how remote communities are Nigeria are themselves taking responsibility for making sure they are treated for the diseases which pose the greatest danger. Manufacturing powerful, effective drugs is one thing. Making sure they get...