health

MIT engineers have developed a low-cost prosthetic foot that mimics the way its user naturally walks.

An old movie about a submarine navigating the human blood stream inspired one physicist to develop his own swimming exploratory device.

New UV Disinfection Robots have the ability to sanitize healthcare facilities fare better than humans - and they are already sanitizing hospitals around the world.

These electrospun, biodegradable bandages could finally offer a solution to the painful and frustrating problem of mouth ulcers.

Johns Hopkins University engineers applied recent research in neural biology and developed an ultra-sensitive, revolutionary coating for prosthetic hands.

Researchers developed a way to embed electrode arrays into sweet gummy bears to make it easier for doctors to monitor their patients.

A report published this week revealed the first ever recorded instance of a tattoo responsible for chronic pain caused by inflammatory myopathy.

Cigarette manufacturers' websites will now have to post court-ordered warnings about the deadly health effects of smoking.

Penn State researchers developed a nanoparticle structure that could sneak cancer-killing drugs past the disease's defenses by using tumor cells.