After 30 years of steady growth, humanitarian aid has become a multibillion-dollar industry, with some of the tens of thousands of NGOs active in the field operating like multinationals. What happens ...

An estimated 3-4% of adults have ADHD, Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity. Often, it's the parents of diagnosed children who realize that they, too, have been suffering from ...

Do you ask your doctor to prove he’s qualifiedwhen you show up for an appointment? Of coursenot. And yet, bogus doctors exist. In this report,the victims of medical charlatans describe theirordeals ...

Ancestral healing therapies resist all scientific progress and healers are overwhelmed by patients requests. By helping us mobilize our self-healing abilities, healers sometimes seem to work ...

A deep dive into a stigmatized disease that flies in the face of common beliefs: scabies. Once thought to be only caused by overcrowding or hygiene-related issues, this highly contagious condition ...

Our hormonal balance plays a major role in how we weather the storms of life's milestones: puberty, teenage angst, natural pregnancy or assisted reproduction, midlife crisis, and old age. What ...

Although LSD is associated with the hippies of the 70s, the drug was actually discovered in Switerland... The first psychedelic trip occured at Sandoz in Basel in 1943! The chemist who discovered the ...

A new generation of cancer patients use social networks as a main source of diary. Thy post stories of their ups and downs, treatment fears and hopes for the future, as well as useful tips for their ...

Becoming a doctor has lost its luster. Whether already practicing, still training, or just students, more and more medical professionals are reconsidering their career path. They dream of healing ...

Will we ever be immortal? Is living better, healthier, longer lives what science and technology have in store for us in the short run? Paraplegics can now start walking again thanks to exoskeletons ...