Medical Technology

The lives of mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the Bay Area may offer clues to the link between chemical exposure and disease

Quality of care and survival rates have lagged in poorer countries

In this excerpt from Shouting Won’t Help, journalist Katherine Bouton surveys cutting-edge research into biological ways to reverse the “sensioneural” hearing loss that she and millions of others suffer, caused by impaired function of the inner ear

What swinging couples and committed polyamorists can teach monogamists about love

Hallucinations, heart problems and seizures also tied to illegal drug

Contrary to findings from mass Stone Age graves, women were equally as likely to be victims of deadly blows as men

DNA analysis reveals the olive was first domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago

A cell printer could make 3-D human tissues for testing new drugs, growing organs or even printing cells directly inside the body

Glasses based on a new color vision theory are already being used medically to enhance vasculature and bruising beneath skin. Now they are being tested to aid those with color blindness, although the lenses inhibit the perception of yellows and blues

Experts urge transparency and new regulations to protect DNA donors

DNA analysis confirms that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, are the remains of the vilified English king, Richard III