r/Futurology • u/toiletbrushes • Dec 30 '22
r/Futurology • u/WestEst101 • Nov 23 '22
Medicine Superbug fight ‘needs farmers to reduce antibiotic use’
r/Futurology • u/blaspheminCapn • Nov 19 '22
Medicine "Polytherapeutic" tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results
r/Futurology • u/dmitry-pustovoit • Jul 07 '23
Medicine One night of total sleep deprivation shown to have antidepressant effect for some people
r/Futurology • u/upyoars • Oct 14 '24
Medicine Drug may boost motivation for people with depression
r/Futurology • u/danmur15 • Oct 13 '23
Medicine If we were able to stop Neurodegeneration via DNA repair/capping, what would be the next cause of natural death?
I am basing this question on developments in DNA repair research which made the news a few times as a potential "cure to aging." A claim like that is mostly clickbait, but it begs the question: After the issue of natural DNA damage / Neurodegeneration is eliminated, what would the next cause of natural death be? what would it be if we also include DNA damage by external factors like radiation, carcinogens, and cancer?
Bonus question: If anyone is able to nail down a rough age at which the new average life expectancy would be, how fast would the world population grow? (assuming every human on earth gets the 'cure' at the same time, for simplicity.) For context, the global population growth rate peaked in 1963 at 2.3%, and is currently at 0.9% with 8.1 billion people. Based on Our World In Data, 2 million people died in 2019 of neurodegenerative diseases.
r/Futurology • u/blaspheminCapn • Dec 03 '22
Medicine Major obesity advance takes out targeted fat depots anywhere in the body
r/Futurology • u/upyoars • Sep 06 '24
Medicine Study Supports Quantum Basis of Consciousness in the Brain
r/Futurology • u/mvea • 11d ago
Medicine We may be one step closer to not just treating baldness but preventing it, with scientists discovering that hair growth comes to a screeching halt without MCL-1, a "bodyguard" protein, in mice. By boosting MCL-1 levels, we might be able to safeguard hair follicle stem cells and prevent hair loss.
r/Futurology • u/BorgesBorgesBorges60 • Jan 05 '23
Medicine Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses
r/Futurology • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Apr 13 '23
Medicine Ghana first to approve 'world-changer' malaria vaccine
r/Futurology • u/AlanGranted • Apr 09 '23
Medicine Artificial Wombs Will Change Abortion Rights Forever: Ectogenesis—gestation using an artificial womb—is fast approaching reality. Yet without legislation, this innovation also has the potential to cause harm.
r/Futurology • u/wiredmagazine • Jan 07 '25
Medicine The Health Monitoring Boom Only Gets Weirder From Here
r/Futurology • u/mikaelnorqvist • Jan 07 '23
Medicine FDA Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Lecanemab Intended To Tackle The Root Of The Condition And Slow Cognitive Decline
r/Futurology • u/Mitchell_StephensESQ • Nov 16 '22
Medicine Fentanyl Vaccine Breakthrough – Potential “Game Changer” for Opioid Epidemic
r/Futurology • u/haisr • Sep 21 '23
Medicine Pricing In The End of Obesity
r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Nov 18 '22
Medicine Adding fluoride to water supplies may deliver a modest benefit to children’s dental health, finds an NIHR-funded study. | Researchers found it is likely to be a cost effective way to lower the annual £1.7billion the NHS spends on dental caries.
r/Futurology • u/For_All_Humanity • Mar 20 '24
Medicine Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells
r/Futurology • u/Blueberry_Conscious_ • Feb 07 '23
Medicine Want to live longer? This Berlin startup aims to bring you back from the dead
r/Futurology • u/tonymmorley • Jun 27 '23
Medicine Huge leap in breast cancer survival rate
r/Futurology • u/WallStreetDoesntBet • Nov 04 '22
Medicine When Covid-19, Flu and RSV Meet. The Potential for a Tripledemic
r/Futurology • u/ladylips678 • Nov 08 '24
Medicine World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
r/Futurology • u/Same_Boper5915 • Oct 24 '23
Medicine Medical breakthroughs that have actually been released to the public?
It seems like every day there's a scientific breakthrough regarding curing cancer or autoimmune diseases or otherwise, but it seems like these are always years and years away. What are some recent examples of these breakthroughs that have actually made it to the public and are actively changing the landscape for sufferers of those diseases?
r/Futurology • u/Objective_Water_1583 • Apr 23 '24
Medicine Are there any up coming cures for male pattern baldness?
I’m curious if there are any cures or ways to reverse or prevent coming in the foreseeable future?
r/Futurology • u/LiveScience_ • Mar 03 '23