A Promising Cancer Treatment Made Patients Worse, Not Better by ...
For an unusual form of lymphoma, an immunotherapy drug made the disease more aggressive. A cautionary tale. Published: […]
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Maine Voted to Expand Medicaid. Judge Orders the State to ...
Maine voters were the first to approve a ballot measure expanding Medicaid. Months later, a court reproached the […]
She Went to Jail for a Drug Relapse. Tough Love ...
A Massachusetts case makes a novel challenge to probation: Is it unfair to require an addicted offender to […]
The Ideal Subjects for a Salt Study? Maybe Prisoners. by ...
Leading scientists propose to track salt’s effects on health by controlling how much is given to inmate volunteers. […]
Nipah Virus, Dangerous and Little Known, Spreads in India by ...
The infection, an emerging threat, has killed virtually all of its victims so far in India. Published: June […]
Prices Keep Rising for Drugs Treating Painful Sex in Women ...
Pharmaceutical companies get away with marking up drugs used to improve women’s sex lives because there’s little public […]
Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don’t Need ...
Many women with early-stage forms of the disease can forego chemo, based on a test that measures the […]
Antibiotics Didn’t Cure Their Infections. Fecal Bacteria Did. by GINA ...
In a small study, fecal transplants ended a persistent, dangerous gut infection just as effectively as drugs. Published: […]
As Aid Workers Move to the Heart of Congo’s Ebola ...
Medical investigators will need to overcome the rural region’s extreme logistical hurdles to reconstruct transmission chains, vaccinate contacts […]
Four More People Die From Tainted Romaine Lettuce by JAN ...
To date, 197 people have been sickened in the E. coli outbreak tied to romaine, and five have […]