TicWatch Atlas Smartwatch Review
A smartwatch that won’t break your budget, the TicWatch Atlas easily outperforms many of its more expensive rivals. Reviews by Anna Gora, published March 10, 2025 Comments ( 0 ) ()
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‘One Doctor Told Me I Was Making Myself Feel Pain’: What Happens When Autoimmune Diseases Are Misdiagnosed As ‘Psychosomatic’
A new study included thousands of people suffering from autoimmune diseases, some of whom were initially misdiagnosed as having “psychosomatic” disorders. (Image credit: Monkey Business Images via Shutterstock) The feeling of disbelief when you realize that something is wrong with…
Animal studies show we can finally understand how metformin lowers blood sugar
New research suggests that microbes in the gut may play an important role in how the diabetes drug metformin works. (Image credit: THOM LEACH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Since the 1990s, metformin has been prescribed to treat type 2…
‘I’m a British medic in war-torn Ukraine. Here’s how I escaped being shot’
Jay Matthews, from Staines, found himself in a dangerous situation when he travelled to a frontline town in conflict-torn Ukraine to work in a hospital. A bullet pierced his front door on his first day there. A brave British doctor…
‘It meant everything to me at that moment’: Patient describes joy of regaining vision in one eye after new stem cell therapy
Nick Harufeh is one of the first patients in the U.S. to undergo a new type of stem cell therapy to treat severe corneal damage. He is pictured here after the procedure. (Photo by Nick Harufeh) On Independence Day 2020,…
Woman, 65, admits to killing man, then eating his penis and heart at beach resort
Josefa Lima de Souza, 65, has confessed to the murder of Celso Marques Ferreira, 60, who was found dead without a penis and part of his heart in a town square in the resort town of Peruibe, Brazil. A Brazilian…
Is there really a difference between the male and female brain? Emerging science reveals the answer.
(Image credit: Jack Hudson) You are holding two shrunken human brains, each dripping with formaldehyde. Look at one, then at the other. Can you tell which is female and which is male? You can’t. Humans have been looking for sex…
Scientists Invent 3D-Printed Penis Implant to Restore Erections — and It Works in Rabbits and Pigs
(Image credit: Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images) Researchers claim that 3D-printed penises could be used to treat erectile dysfunction. In a study published March 4 in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, scientists created a 3D model of the penis using a…
‘Let’s just study males and keep it simple’: How excluding female animals from research held back neuroscience and could do it again
Research on rats shows significant differences in brain anatomy between men and women. But that research could be under threat. (Image credit: Photo illustration by Marilyn Perkins; Image via Martin Barro via Getty Images) The Trump administration’s actions have catalyzed…
‘Mini Placentas’ in Petri Dish Reveal Key Pregnancy Gene
Changes in the ACE2 gene may affect the development of the placenta, a new study of tiny placentas created in the lab has found. (Image credit: FatCamera/Getty Images) An enzyme that has come to light during the COVID-19 pandemic plays…