By DENISE GRADY
Compared to open surgery for cervical cancer, the less invasive approach was more likely to result in cancer recurrence and death, new studies found.
Published: October 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
An experimental, pacemaker-like device offers hope for treating spinal injuries.
Published: October 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
More than half of the patients who received treatment survived, scientists reported.
Published: October 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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The period for enrolling in insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act begins on Nov. 1. Are you renewing coverage or planning to sign up?
Published: October 28, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Findings that would have revolutionized treatment of heart attacks were based on falsified and fabricated data, revealing weaknesses in medical research.
Published: October 28, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By STEPH YIN
A new study shows that the structure of the human pelvis varies between populations, which could have implications for how babies are birthed.
Published: October 26, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Some people can delay, but many will end up paying financial penalties if they don’t enroll when they turn 65. Here’s an explanation of the confusing rules.
Published: October 25, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE HAFNER
The sudden, unexplained removal of a research paper on private equity firms buying dermatology practices has raised questions about corporate influence.
Published: October 25, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The drug maker cut the list price of the drug Repatha by 60 percent in an effort to increase sales, which have been meager.
Published: October 24, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Bowing to public and government pressure over vaping among young people, the major tobacco company said it would take two flavor-based products off the market.
Published: October 24, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By CHRISTINA CARON
Ashley Goette was 39 weeks pregnant when she was awakened by her husband going into cardiac arrest.
Published: October 23, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The new drug, sold as Xofluza, is about as effective as Tamiflu in shortening flu symptoms, and is expected to work against drug-resistant strains.
Published: October 23, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Serving from 1990 to 2006, the four retired officials discussed how they were muzzled for giving medical advice that was unpopular — though time proved them right.
Published: October 23, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Efforts by the Trump administration to narrowly define gender as determined by genitals defy medical and scientific knowledge.
Published: October 21, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Researchers looked for microplastics in stool samples of people from eight countries. “The results were astonishing,” they said.
Published: October 21, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Most research on depression focuses on the afflicted, a new paper argues, overlooking a potentially informative group: people who have recovered.
Published: October 21, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
On any given day in America, about one-third of adults will eat fast food, according to the C.D.C.
Published: October 21, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
By framing expansion as a pragmatic business move, Ms. Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, is hoping to siphon some traditionally Republican rural votes.
Published: October 19, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy can help women with an aggressive type of breast cancer and should become their new standard of care.
Published: October 19, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By MATTHEW HAAG
A child who had not gotten the flu shot tested positive for influenza B, state health officials said. The flu season has just begun, and flu activity remains low across the country.
Published: October 15, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Laboratories frequently “reclassify” genetic mutations. But there is no reliable system for telling patients or doctors that the results of their genetic tests are no longer valid.
Published: October 15, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Some 31 studies by Dr. Piero Anversa contain fabricated or falsified data, officials concluded. Dr. Anversa popularized the idea of stem cell treatment for damaged hearts.
Published: October 14, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Snakes kill or cripple 500,000 people a year, but antivenins are costly and rare in poor countries. Now scientists are testing injectable nanoparticles that neutralize venom.
Published: October 11, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By CHARLES ORNSTEIN and KATIE THOMAS
The revised conflict-of-interest disclosures include new information about financial ties between top cancer researchers and for-profit companies.
Published: October 11, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
At more than 20 medical schools in the United States, students are getting an earful — about life, about perspective — from healthy seniors.
Published: October 11, 2018 at 08:00PM
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The youngster’s mysterious symptoms stumped every expert his parents consulted: No diagnosis explained why he couldn’t sit up on his own, or why he’d frequently choke, or his neurologic and intestinal abnormalities.
Published: October 9, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By CHRISTINE HAUSER
The state is examining six confirmed cases and two possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis, which causes limb paralysis and severe muscle weakness.
Published: October 9, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
CVS Health, the giant drugstore and pharmacy manager, will acquire one of the country’s biggest insurers, another sign of industry consolidation.
Published: October 9, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Industry representatives, who were barred from the negotiations, ultimately failed to get delegates to designate a special exemption for new products.
Published: October 6, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and JAN HOFFMAN
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Gardasil 9, a vaccine against nine strains of the human papillomavirus for older age groups.
Published: October 4, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
As lawn-mowing season ends, scientists are toting up the injuries from recent years.
Published: October 4, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
The latest move by the agency to increase pressure on e-cigarette makers to curtail marketing their products to teenagers.
Published: October 1, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN
Under scrutiny for the hospital’s industry ties and compensation, Dr. Craig B. Thompson stepped down from two company boards.
Published: October 1, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Powerful PCSK9 inhibitors were supposed to revolutionize care for cardiac patients. But insurers and other payers balked at sky-high prices.
Published: October 1, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By CHARLES ORNSTEIN and KATIE THOMAS
The executive told Memorial Sloan Kettering’s staff that the hospital had not done enough to limit the industry conflicts of its chief medical officer, who has resigned.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Among the dead were 180 babies, children and teenagers, more than in any year since the C.D.C. began tracking pediatric deaths.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
The groundbreaking treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s own cells to fight leukemia turned lethal in one patient, reversing his remission.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Along with an increase in adult infections, the rate of infants born with the disease has reached a 20-year high.
Published: September 27, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By THE NEW YORK TIMES
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo were recognized for a discovery that the body’s immune system can be used to attack cancer cells.
Published: September 30, 2018 at 08:00PM
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