At first-ever public hearing on CBD, advocates and FDA try to blaze trail to regulatory compromise
The meeting on Friday was the public kickoff of the FDA’s quest to sketch a clear framework to regulate CBD, or cannabidiol, products.
Pentagon study finds promise in brain training program for veterans with cognitive issues
A Pentagon-funded study has found that a specific form of computer-based brain training can improve cognitive performance in vets who suffered persistent mental deficits after a mild traumatic brain injury.
What my polio-stricken mother would tell parents today about the importance of immunization
The success of immunizations in the U.S., as well as in other developed countries, has had unintended consequences.
U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryos
Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to use them to start pregnancies. But they’re at a legal impasse.
The pigs were dead. But four hours later, scientists restored some cellular functions in their brains.
Facing an outbreak that is now among the largest in the country — and the focus of newfound concerns about a national resurgence of the measles — the Rockland County executive this week took a step seemingly without precedent in…
Schools, houses of worship, shopping malls — anywhere that people who are not related to one another congregate indoors — will be off limits for unvaccinated children in Rockland County, New York.
Cancer is older than human beings. Scientists have found dinosaurs with metastatic tumors. It’s simply not likely we’re going to outsmart all cancers with a single treatment, without drawbacks.
Looking for diseases in newborns’ DNA that could arise during adulthood is more ethically fraught than focusing on childhood conditions.
