Abnormal Proteins Discovered in Skin of Patients With Rare Brain ...
Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also […]
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Nearly 21 Million Now Receiving AIDS Drugs, U.N. Agency Says ...
‘Remarkable progress’ has been made, Unaids said, but millions more worldwide require treatment. Young women are especially hard […]
New Gene Treatment Effective for Some Leukemia Patients by DENISE ...
By genetically altering a patient’s T-cells to attack more than one site on cancer cells, researchers hope to […]
Skin Cancers Rise — Along With Questionable Treatments by KATIE ...
Dermatology is booming, with private equity investments and an influx of physician assistants doing the work of doctors. […]
Will Cutting the Health Mandate Pay for Tax Cuts? Not ...
Americans dislike the requirement that everyone have health insurance. But eliminating it doesn’t mean that they’d stop buying […]
Bird Flu Is Spreading in Asia, Experts (Quietly) Warn by ...
Dire predictions of a flu pandemic proved overblown in 2005 and 2009. Still, health officials are warning that […]
F.D.A. Speeds Review of Gene Therapies, Vowing to Target Rogue ...
The agency plans to speed approval of treatments to get them to the market faster, signaling the quickened […]
How to Lower Your Blood Pressure by GINA KOLATA
Medical guidelines have changed, and now about half of Americans may qualify for the diagnosis of hypertension. Here’s […]
Study Finds Competing Opioid Treatments Have Similar Outcomes by ABBY ...
The manufacturers of the two drugs to treat opioid addiction are competing fiercely for market share and drawing […]
Peter Sands Named Head of Global Disease-Fighting Agency by DONALD ...
The new executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria faces an uphill battle: […]