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11 cancers on the rise in young people – scientists find first clue why it’s happening
Researchers stress that simple lifestyle changes can still significantly reduce the risk of cancer.
Could At-Home Brain Stimulation Reduce Psychiatry’s Reliance on S.S.R.I.s?
A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm.
Grand Jury Indicts Former N.I.H. Official
Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic.
U.S. Government Will Stop Paying for Test Strips to Detect Deadly Drugs
In a letter to states and other grant recipients, the Trump administration says the strips encourage drug use.
Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Roundup Weedkiller Case
The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.
Can Spending More Improve Your Health and Prolong Your Life?
The desire to live longer and healthier lives has spawned a growth in services and supplements. So what works best?
Thanks to GLP-1s, Obesity Experts Are Trying to Understand ‘Food Noise’
Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it.
Cellular Rejuvenation Has the Potential to Reverse Aging
A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.
Pregnancy With Lupus Is Risky. Would She Be Able to Carry Her Baby to Term?
Fatimah Shepherd’s kidneys were compromised, and pregnancy could send her into kidney failure.
Care home manager struck off over ‘horrific’ restraining of disabled person
A tribunal hearing criticised Janette Donnelly’s use of force at Millport Care Centre was “unnecessary”.
UK healthy life expectancy falls by two years in past decade
Poor housing, obesity and the effects of deprivation have been suggested as underlying cause.
‘I paid for a private hysterectomy’
Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis.
Eugene Braunwald, Whose Research Reshaped Cardiology, Dies at 96
His work changed how doctors understood heart attacks, heart failure and coronary artery disease, and helped lead to therapies that saved millions of lives.
AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble.
Assisted dying bill runs out of time but supporters vow to try again
The proposed legislation was supported by MPs but has not cleared its stages in the Lords.
How one woman used delivery apps to hide her alcoholism
Hattie Underwood is a recovered alcoholic and she told 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty how she used delivery apps to “anonymise” her alcohol consumption.
As Trump Officials Pushed Health Savings Accounts, Kennedy Aide Had Wellness Company Stake
Calley Means remained president of a company that relied on health savings accounts last year as the Trump administration developed policies to expand them.
What NHS challenges does the election winner face?
There are currently 687,958 people waiting for any type of NHS treatment in Wales.
The Rich and Powerful Want to Live Forever
From the Kremlin to Silicon Valley, some of the most powerful people in the world now want something more: eternal life.
New Gene Therapy Enables Children With a Rare Form of Deafness to Hear
The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.