Medicine

Myopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050. A new report says it needs to be countered by classifying it as a disease and upping children’s outdoor time

FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey wanted more information to prove its safety

You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?

Illuminating the experience of people living with sickle cell could improve patients’ lives and enhance all of medicine

Improving sickle cell care by expanding treatment options, advancing new therapies and amplifying the voices of people with the disease

Starting with her rejection of an FDA application for thalidomide in 1960, physician and pharmacist Frances Oldham Kelsey took a stand against the now infamous drug

A man who received a partial face and eye transplant after a serious accident does not have any vision in the transplanted eye, but the eye itself is still alive

“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care

Paralympian and surgeon John McFall is redefining the astronaut image and proving that space travel is achievable for people with physical disabilities

The medication initially known as VX-548 blocks sodium channels in nerves, blocking pain signals before they reach the brain