Lucas Franki is an associate editor for MDedge News, and has been with the company since 2014. He has a BA in English from Penn State University and is an Eagle Scout.
News

Elderly mice receive the gift of warmth
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus subliminal veggies, TikTok tics, and the obesity paradox.
News

Exercising to lose weight is not for every ‘body’
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Teraya Smith
Compensatory mechanisms will compensate, whether you like it or not.
News

A hot dog a day takes 36 minutes away
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Overstressed and undersexed, pandemic pandemonium, and lifesaving spider venom.
News

Medicinal liquor and edited mosquitoes
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, health system’s money gets “adult,” and desk users get “exercise.”
News

Motherhood can get old fast, and snubbing can become phubbing
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, COVID-19 treatment is going to the … horses? And vaccination cards are not going in wallets.
News

Please interrupt me, but don't heat your fish
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, the latest TikTok trend has people “running to the bathroom.”
News

Money buys life, and a cigarette maker wants to ‘unsmoke the world’
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, an autopsy gets interrupted by the patient, and the pandemic gets competitive.
News

Lucid abductions and Candy Crush addiction
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, coffee gets credit for heart health and a world leader gets hiccups.
Opinion

Dogs know their humans, but humans don’t know expiration dates
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, a unique solution to living longer, and Mr. Clean takes up dentistry.
News

Garlic cloves in the nose and beer dreams and pareidolia faces
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Also, breast milk that’s not breast milk, and another reputation hit for garlic.
News

A pacemaker that 'just disappears' and a magnetic diet device
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, a face mask that prevents and diagnoses COVID-19 and a pacemaker that removes itself.
News

Gray hair goes away and squids go to space
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Also, a new source of vanilla and a visit to the brain bank.
News

The most important meal of the day, with extra zinc
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus, livers live the hop life and babies get scared by their microbiomes.
News

The pandemic changed smokers, but farming didn’t change humans
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Also, find out which organs are secretly sharing their proteins and which dreams are a coping mechanism.
News

Noses can be electronic, and toilets can be smart
- Author:
- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Smartphone app takes on junk food, while chromosomes and universes get weighed.