Alternative medicine

False cures and dangerous misinformation, from the misguided to the exploitative, surround cancer patients, with the capacity to do serious harm

The way we think about time, aging and sickness may influence our health, behavior and general well-being in surprising ways

The wealthiest person on Earth has taken the next step toward a commercial brain interface

Bad diets, stress, impaired sleep and aging can’t be reversed by juicing, healing crystals or influencer-endorsed pills. Don’t buy them

Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.

His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse

Could condom drops and airbone meds become a reality?

Scientific studies show that the procedure is full of holes

New findings suggest that taking estrogen has no effect on brain performance, no matter how early or late women start taking it

Medicare saved $165 million in states with medical cannabis, study says

Government study puts the state’s high school cannabis use below the national average

A technique to stop children from inheriting mitochondrial diseases has the potential to backfire