medicine

Sick Burns Take Longer to Heal Depending on the Time of Day

The good, the bad and the ugly things we learned about our bodies today

Here’s How Close We Are to Band-Aids That Miraculously Heal Your Wounds

People in the 1950s: “By the 21st century, we’ll have the technology to heal any wound in seconds!” People in 2017: “I just stepped on…

The Cardiothoracic Surgeon Who Believes CBD Is the Future of Medicinal Marijuana

For the last seven years, Sanjeev Sharma, a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon based in the Pacific Northwest, has centered his practice around hemp’s potential as plant…

For Conjoined Twins, Independence is Dangerous—and Unwanted

“Free at Last.” That was the headline of a November 1993 New York magazine story featuring a photograph of infant twins Carmen and Rosa Taveras, several…