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Sinus Infection? Try Marijuana! [Mad Medicine]io9 - Oct 14, 2008 Good news and bad news, pot smokers. Marijuana contains highly-effective antibiotics that could be the key to stopping antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But unfortunately if you smoke the stuff, you become more vulnerable … Also tagged: drugs, medicine, science, marijuana, pot, cannabis |
io9 - Oct 6, 2008
One in every 4 million children suffers from a genetic disorder called progeria that causes them to age prematurely — developing wrinkled skin and baldness before the age of 10, and usually dying of heart disease or …
Also tagged: medicine, science, heart disease, progeria
io9 - Sep 16, 2008
The ability to suppress hunger is a holy grail for many obesity researchers — as well as people who want to lose large amounts of weight. And now it looks as if a group of scientists at Johns Hopkins have figured out a …
io9 - Sep 3, 2008
Ebola is the poster virus for outbreak scares because it spreads extremely fast and kills 90 percent of its victims by causing them to bleed uncontrollably. Featured in science-scare book The Hot Zone and countless …
io9 - Aug 26, 2008
It's hard to imagine living with a severe facial deformity, but what about living your life with someone else's face? Until recently, victims of severe facial trauma or burns have had little recourse beyond often …
Also tagged: science, nicolas cage, john travolta, face off, face transplant
io9 - Jul 29, 2008
Your next prosthetic arm will be almost as good as the one you were born with: It will fuse with your existing skeleton. Veterinarians at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for attaching …
Also tagged: science, prosthetics, cyborg, genetic modification, bioengineering, post human
io9 - Jul 23, 2008
It turns out that there's a valid medical reason for your burning urge to eat huge piles of Ritalin in order to feel speedy, erm I mean, increase your powers of concentration. According to a new study, doctors have …
Also tagged: drugs, medicine, science, ritalin, ritalin mania
io9 - Jul 18, 2008
When you ask scientists to predict the future, they don't scrimp on the weirdness. A recent article in Nature included predictions from a number of researchers asked to speculate about how humans will reproduce in 30 …
Also tagged: nature, scientists are weird
io9 - Jul 14, 2008
If you're sick of bonding with people over Scrabulous and superpokes and pop music, then maybe it's time to migrate to a social network where the only thing people have in common are their rare diseases. Rareshare.org …
Also tagged: social networks, science, rare diseases
io9 - Jul 12, 2008
Most studies of autism link it to genetics. The condition is often referred to as the "geek syndrome" because some studies have shown a high incidence of autism in areas like California's Silicon Valley, where highly …
Also tagged: medicine, science, autism, brains, non neurotypicals