Various Health and Science News

From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, the platform is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia.

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need The White House says Trump’s pro-vape stance is based on “gold standard science.” It feels more like vice-signaling to a demographic that often doesn’t vote—over products that are widely available.

Some Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them Biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged about his girlfriend's “top 1%” vagina as the at-home vaginal microbiome test industry is thriving. But experts are skeptical.

How Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry From specialized motors to the use of machine learning algorithms, Turkey’s billion-dollar hair-transplant industry is the result of a constant process of innovation.

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other drug-resistant pathogens.

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe. Now, it's ready to start testing those returning to the US after a cruise outbreak.

Why Garlic Repels Mosquitoes and Keeps Them From Breeding Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs. Diallyl disulfide, it turns out, deserves the credit.

Science Has Found Even More Ways Coffee Is Good for You A new study shows the mechanisms of how coffee modifies the microbiome, reduces inflammation, and influences mood. Even decaf has its perks.

Supercharging Immune Cells May Help Control HIV Long-Term CAR-T cell therapy is already a potent treatment for certain cancers. Now, a small study is showing early promise for managing HIV.

Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story There’s a more accurate way of measuring who’s at risk for cholesterol-related health issues. So why don’t more doctors use it?

The Painful Truth About Long Covid There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.