It permeates everyday life. Yet the understanding of advances in biomedical science is limited at best. Few people make the connection that biomedical science is medicine and that biomedical scientists are working today for the medicine of tomorrow. Our weekly five-hundred word newspaper column and two-minute radio show provide insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics. Medical Discovery News is dedicated to explaining discoveries in biomedical research and their promise for the future of medicine.
Each release is designed to stimulate listeners to think, question and appreciate how science affects their health as well as that of the rest of the world. We also delve into significant biomedical discoveries and portray how science (or the lack of it) has impacted health throughout history.
For years, we’ve credited endorphins with that post workout high because they’re natural pain killers released by our bodies. New studies studies point to another cause: endocannabinoids, which are like the active ingredient in marijuana...More »
While many people know to get their colon screened when they turn forty-five, most aren’t aware that the rates at which polyps are missed varies among gastroenterologists from six to forty-one percent. That’s not good since precancerous polyps are what lead to colon cancer, the third deadliest cancer in the US. But a new study shows when artificial intelligence is used in colonoscopies, it cuts the number of polyps missed by a whopping thirty percent... More »
We’re all living out the nightmare of the COVID zoonosis which is when a disease jumps from animals to humans. But the phenomenon is ancient as evidenced by the “Old Man of La Chapelle”. He’s a fossilized Neanderthal skeleton discovered in a French cave in 1908. Neanderthals disappeared forty thousand years ago... More »
