Ed Cara

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Shingles Vaccine Doesn’t Just Lower Dementia Risk, It Could Also Help Treat It - Gizmodo

HealthDecember 5, 2025

The same vaccine that keeps you safe from shingles could also do wonders for your brain, research out this week suggests. Scientists at Stanford University and others examined what happened after shďż˝...

Cannabis-Induced ‘Scromiting’ Is on the Rise, Study Finds - Gizmodo

HealthDecember 1, 2025

As much fun and helpful as cannabis can be, every drug has its potential tradeoffs. Case in point, a study out this week finds that more Americans are coming down with a stomach-churning side effect ďż˝...

Get Ready for a Puke-Filled Winter: Norovirus Is Back With a Vengeance - Gizmodo

HealthNovember 29, 2025

The winter is often synonymous with cold and flu season. Unfortunately, those germs aren’t the only ones spreading widely around this time of year. So gird your stomachs and stay on the lookout for ...

Premature Newborn Dies in Ontario After Catching Measles From Unvaccinated Mother - Gizmodo

HealthJune 8, 2025

A premature newborn in Ontario, Canada, has died after contracting measlesthe first death this year linked to an ongoing outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in the country. Ontario health ofďż˝...

Taurine Might Not Be the Anti-Aging Miracle We Hoped For - Gizmodo

HealthJune 6, 2025

You might want to hold off on stockpiling taurine supplements as part of your anti-aging cocktail. Research published today failed to find evidence that our levels of taurine shrink as we get older, ďż˝...

RFK Jr. Is Opening the Alternative Medicine Floodgates - Gizmodo

HealthJune 6, 2025

Snake oil salesmen will be eating good during the Trump presidency. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared that he will greatly expand people’s access to experimental and alternative medical treatm...

Texas Woman Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Tainted RV Water - Gizmodo

HealthJune 4, 2025

A woman’s practice of nasal irrigation led to her death via brain-eating amoeba. In a recent case report, health officials described how she contracted a fatal infection of Naegleria fowleri through...