Healthcare

Intranasal vaccines are best suited to protect against pathogens that enter through the nose, like the flu or the coronavirus.

Adults aged 51-75 who were unable to balance on one foot for ten seconds had an 84% higher risk of death than their peers who could.

In order for a drug to get to the small intestine, it must first get past the highly acidic environment of the stomach.

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is using drone deliveries to make it easier for cancer patients to obtain chemotherapy.

Wearable devices can detect the specific molecules in food and our body’s response to it, allowing us to make better dietary decisions.

Administering Lac-Phe to obese mice significantly lowered their appetite, reduced body fat, and improved glucose tolerance.

A team at ETH Zurich has modified E. coli to work like biological recorders of the processes of the gut.

Apple Watch motion data will now be incorporated into Rune Labs’ StrivePD app, which tracks Parkinson’s symptoms.

Pregnancy bestows on babies enhanced antibodies that can protect against a broader range of disease. Now, we know how.

Direct sound printing could one day allow doctors to build medical implants inside patients’ bodies instead of surgically placing them.