As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully connected a functioning liver from a genetically modified pig to a human body.* In a step toward testing the procedure in living people, a team at the ...

The root cause of medical startup failure is not a lack of resources or regulatory complexity, but how founders, boards and ...

Carol Miranda paid a surgeon in Los Angeles thousands of dollars last year to permanently change her eye color from dark brown to hazel. Miranda, a now 49-year-old sales associate, had dreamed since ...

A rebounding volume of medical procedures fueled a strong first quarter for Boston Scientific Corp., which topped market expectations for both sales and profits. The company, with significant ...

Sham controls can be integral to CV device trials, providing a unique way to overcome the placebo effect, but they also present an ethical minefield of concerns that merit close consideration, a new ...

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, ...

After having her head shaved by nurses at Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, patient Catherine Klie's right hand shook as she tried to trace spiral circles and straight lines with a marker. It ...

After having her head shaved by nurses at Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, patient Catherine Klie’s right hand shook as she tried to trace spiral circles and straight lines with a marker. It ...