Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide to Start Their ...
A group of large hospital systems plans to create a nonprofit generic drug company to battle shortages and […]
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Given Medicine, the Patients Got Better. They Remained in Shackles ...
In West Africa, people with psychoses are often chained at prayer camps. Giving them psychiatric drugs lessened their […]
Treatment Offers Hope for Imprisoned California Siblings by JAN HOFFMAN
Cases of children isolated and abused by parents are rare but not unheard-of, say experts. Many recover. Published: […]
High-Fat Diet May Fuel Spread of Prostate Cancer by GINA ...
New research suggests a strong link between genes, dietary fat and prostate cancer. Published: January 16, 2018 at […]
The Parasite on the Playground by LAURA BEIL
Roundworm eggs, shed by stray dogs, can be ingested by children playing outside. The worm’s larvae have been […]
‘Smart Thermometers’ Track Flu Season in Real Time by DONALD ...
Can 500,000 thermometers transmitting 25,000 readings a day forecast the spread of flu more accurately than the C.D.C.? […]
After Surgery in the Womb, a Baby Kicks Up Hope ...
Baby Boy Royce, who underwent an operation for spina bifida as a fetus, had the biggest defect that […]
C.D.C. Postpones Session Preparing Us for Nuclear War by SHEILA ...
After the agency’s workshop attracted considerable media attention, especially given President Trump’s recent words with North Korea, the […]
Kentucky Will Be the First State to Impose Work Requirements ...
Led by the state’s Republican governor, the plan calls for many Medicaid recipients ages 19-64 to work at […]
Cherokee Can’t Sue Opioid Distributors in Tribal Court, Judge Rules ...
A federal judge halted the Cherokee Nation’s lawsuit in tribal court, but said they could pursue it elsewhere. […]