Health
Your Medical Test Results Are Available. But Do You Want...
The 21st Century Cures Act gave patients easy access to their health information....
Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal...
Svante Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, was honored for work that created a new field...
For Autistic Mothers, Breastfeeding Is Complicated
Mothers with autism, who are less likely than others to breastfeed, have been hit...
Fentanyl Test Strips Highlight Rift in Nation’s Struggle...
Proponents say the ability to check drugs for the presence of lethal fentanyl may...
Leonard Cole, Who Detailed Secret Army Germ Tests, Dies...
A dentist with a parallel career as a political scientist, he drew attention to...
Dr. Audrey Evans, Cancer Specialist Who Gave Families a...
She was a prominent figure in the field of childhood cancer when, in 1974, she helped...
Can Smartphones Help Predict Suicide?
A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using...
Price of New A.L.S. Treatment Will Be $158,000 Per Year,...
The list price of the therapy, Relyvrio, is much higher than an economic research...
More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery’
Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’...
Half of Adults Have Heard Little or Nothing About New Covid...
The latest shots, which target Omicron and its subvariants, could offer protection...
Can a Telehealth Start-Up Add Support to Pregnancy Care?
The goal of Poppy Seed Health is to connect underserved pregnant women to nurses,...
Her Face Started Drooping. What Was Wrong?
And if this was Bell’s palsy, why wasn’t there improvement after a full year?
New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The US Probably Won’t...
The coronavirus revealed flaws in the nation’s pandemic plans. The spread of monkeypox...
A Devious Cellular Trick Cancers Can Use to Escape Your...
A researcher discovered that giant cells under a microscope were actually cancer...
Physician Burnout Has Reached Distressing Levels, New Research...
Nearly two-thirds of doctors are experiencing at least one symptom of burnout, a...
Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Key Study
Biogen and Eisai reported the finding from a large late-stage clinical trial of...
