Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene
Frequent donors were more likely to have different genetic changes in their blood stem cells, scientists found.
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Windass: ‘Dementia scares me, we need more help’
The former footballer has been speaking about his future after stage two diagnosis.
Michael Gove denies trying to circumvent Dyson ventilator checks
Former cabinet minister says it would be ludicrous to suggest he tried to shortcut safety checks in the pandemic.
What we know about mRNA vaccines
On the five-year anniversary of the Covid pandemic, a Times reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, looks back at the success of, and the backlash to, the mRNA vaccine. There’s no question that this vaccine technology saved millions of lives. But the vaccine couldn’t provide total protection against transmission or infection, and there were rare cases of side effects, leading to confusion among the...
Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges
Patients given drugs for movement disorders like restless leg syndrome say their behaviour changed entirely.
Why Are Cats Such a Medical Black Box?
Many aspects of feline health remain a mystery, even to experts. Our cat-owning reporter learned this the hard way.
History Isn’t Entirely Repeating Itself in Covid’s Aftermath
Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike any of them.
‘I couldn’t cope if I passed condition to my kids’
A genetic testing service based in Devon is praised by a woman with a rare skin condition.
Mutated DNA Restored to Normal in Gene Therapy Advance
The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions.
Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely
Intensive management of diabetes pays fewer dividends as patients age and raises the chances of hypoglycemia. But many people have not gotten the message.
Major cuts at NHS HQ as more directors stand down
Up to 6,500 jobs could go as health secretary looks to bring NHS England closer to the government.
Cutting Medicaid?
How Republicans could change the program.
Covid-19: Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On
New York Times photographers covered Covid-19 throughout the world. These pictures, and the moments behind them, stayed with them.
For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves
Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.
Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation?
How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science desk of The New York Times, looks at the results so far.
Flo Fox, Photographer Who Overcame Blindness and Paralysis, Dies at 79
She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film.
‘I was drawn into a secretive world of chemsex and it turned me into a zombie’
Calls are made to help address stigmas attached to chemsex and improve support.
Women share their bittersweet experience after taking weight-loss drugs
Women who have quickly lost weight say strangers are now more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation.
Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96
An indefatigable gardener, she was concerned, a colleague said, with “all the things that have to happen for us to get our food.”
C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccinates rates, widens in Texas.