A 100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine not only shows promise for treating diabetes, but also for reversing it. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are launching a five-year clinical trial of BCG, an inexpensive generic vaccine that’s been used to prevent tuberculosis for decades, to investigate how it can improve type 1 diabetes in adults. Currently, the researchers…

On Monday, June 15, organizations and activists around the world will come together to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an annual event to educate the public about this growing problem. More than two million aging Americans fall victim to elder abuse each year, and what’s more, one in three nursing homes have been cited…

Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced on June 2nd that it will be moving its American headquarters for its Vaccine Business Unit to Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Boston Business Journal reports that the Osaka, Japan-based business will be relocating its vaccine department next to the likes of Harvard University. The move itself will take about two…

When it comes to shipping restrictions, the rules can be pretty complex: shipping alcohol is often frowned upon, shipping a car with more than 100 lbs. of extra cargo is not allowed, and transporting live animals in the mail is generally illegal. Apparently, the U.S. government just ignored this last rule, however. The Pentagon admitted…

A new clinical trial has found that steroids treat sciatica pain no better than a placebo, and that taking oral steroids leads to only a moderate improvement in function for sciatica patients. “When we compared the [oral steroid] prednisone to placebo, there was a modest improvement in function,” researcher Dr. Harley Goldberg, director of spine…

Ranging from home repairs to colorful manicures, the Do-It-Yourself trend has fully made its way off Pinterest and into the average American home. And, apparently, it’s already taking over the dental industry. That’s right — DIY dentistry is now a trend. For example: just a couple weeks ago, a boy named Anton Androshchuk posted a…

Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes as an alternative to smoking, is catching on all across the United States. Current estimates from the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association state that there are around four million Americans now using e-cigs and similar devices. Yet health officials and other researchers have expressed concern that vapor cigarettes…

Chiropractic care offers several advantages: it can relieve pain, improve athletic performance, and even help people cope with certain debilitating diseases. In fact, more than 35% of chiropractic patients receive care for upper or lower back pain. In one study, nationally competing judo athletes showed a 16% improvement in grip strength after receiving only three…

Could your kids be familiar with Sweet Tart, Hawk Sauce and Unicorn Puke? No, they’re not cartoon characters or new energy drinks — they’re just three of the many flavors for electronic cigarettes and vaporizers. Electronic cigarettes, or “e-cigs,” have been hailed as the ultimate tools in smoking cessation for adults over the past decade,…

The Ebola crisis ravaged Liberia, infecting a startling 9,343 people, and killing 4,162 of them. The sheer amount of cases overwhelmed the country’s healthcare system and as a result, potentially deadly medical waste was burned in old incinerators, posing serious risks to people’s health, and the environment. Fortunately, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has…