By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
In a study of mice, researchers found no links between the neural systems related to reward and monitoring water intake.
Published: May 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
The phrase can’t remotely capture our ever-shifting digital experience, social scientists say. Say hello to the “screenome.”
Published: May 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The F.D.A. has been wary of cannabis-derived products. But it is now under pressure to help them get to market legally.
Published: May 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JOANNA KLEIN
Female animals were once deemed too hormonal and messy for science. Some scientists warn it’s not enough to just use more female lab rats.
Published: May 29, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By LIAM STACK
There have been 971 known cases of measles in the United States so far this year.
Published: May 29, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
African green monkeys survived infection with the Nipah virus after they received remdesivir. The virus, a pandemic threat carried by bats, has killed dozens of people in Asia.
Published: May 28, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
With Purdue Pharma and Teva settling the case, the state sought to hold J & J responsible for the broader opioid crisis. The company argued that it operated responsibly and lawfully.
Published: May 27, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By APOORVA MANDAVILLI
Trials of vaccines and treatments have not included enough female participants. Now that scientists are exploring possible cures, the need to enroll women is greater than ever.
Published: May 27, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Juul needs good science to prove to the F.D.A. that its e-cigarettes offer more benefits than risks. Some researchers say they are loath to take the company’s money.
Published: May 26, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
Having settled with Purdue Pharma and Teva, Oklahoma will now try to blame Johnson & Johnson for its opioid disaster. Nearly 1,900 lawsuits remain nationwide.
Published: May 25, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Growing numbers of seniors are using more energy. They also are most likely to suffer in extreme weather, which has become more common as the planet warms.
Published: May 23, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The price set by the Swiss drugmaker Novartis may be the world’s highest for a single treatment — prompting renewed debate about how society will pay for gene-therapy breakthroughs.
Published: May 23, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Paralysis cases spiked after a vaccination drive was derailed by false rumors that dozens of children had collapsed and died.
Published: May 23, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK and MADDIE McGARVEY
Over 200 million women and girls alive today have been circumcised. Four of them shared with The Times their pain, emotional trauma and sexual struggles — and their journey to feel whole.
Published: May 23, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL
The state health department calls on hospitals to do more to fight Candida auris, a mystery germ spreading the globe.
Published: May 22, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denying children a hot meal apparently isn’t a popular way for schools to deal with unpaid lunch money.
Published: May 15, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
In a new study, women scored better on tests they took in warmer rooms.
Published: May 21, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MAYA SALAM
A new study found that 90 percent of young people killed by an intimate partner from 2003 to 2016 were girls.
Published: May 20, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Warming weather usually slows transmission of the virus, but it is not clear that this outbreak is fading, experts said.
Published: May 19, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
A slew of opponents of the tax are running in the city’s election Tuesday and beverage industry has spent more than $600,000 on ads aiming to turn public opinion against it.
Published: May 19, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Artificial intelligence may help doctors make more accurate readings of CT scans used to screen for lung cancer.
Published: May 19, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose.
Published: May 17, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By WEIYI CAI, DENISE LU and SCOTT REINHARD
Mapping where every case has been reported.
Published: April 29, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS and MICHAEL ADNO
In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans.
Published: May 16, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
A common dietary supplement may help overcome mutations in the Pten gene. Should patients take it?
Published: May 16, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Gastric bypass surgery works as well in adolescents as it does in adults, researchers report. But the procedure requires a major commitment.
Published: May 15, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the first time, a large experiment suggests that trimming dietary fat and eating more fruits and vegetables may lower a woman’s risk of dying of breast cancer.
Published: May 14, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
Plastic surgeons’ Instagram accounts of the weekend trip didn’t note the drug company’s sponsorship, which some ethicists say should be disclosed.
Published: May 14, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MAYA SALAM
A new study finds that women who drink alcohol in social settings are seen as more “sexually available” and “less human.”
Published: May 13, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Scientists are racing to treat brain disabilities with electrical stimulation. Here’s a metaphor to help make sense of the progress.
Published: May 13, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and REED ABELSON
The F.D.A. has taken an industry-friendly approach toward companies using unproven cell cocktails to treat people desperate for relief from aging or damaged joints.
Published: May 12, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By HEATHER MURPHY
Over golf outings and at dinners, more than a dozen competitors agreed to keep prices for H.I.V., asthma and cancer drugs artificially high, 44 states allege in a new lawsuit.
Published: May 10, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A new study ranks the risks in U.S. counties by the numbers of unvaccinated children and proximity to international airports. But no one predicted the outbreak in Brooklyn.
Published: May 9, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
A decade from now, most middle-income seniors will not be able to pay the rising costs of independent or assisted living.
Published: May 9, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The manufacturer will provide enough of the drug to supply 200,000 patients annually for more than a decade. Critics said it would not be enough to end the AIDS epidemic and questioned the company’s motives.
Published: May 8, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The so-called fetal “heartbeat” laws ban abortion before many women even know they’re pregnant.
Published: May 8, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
A study of 25 states provides a rare glimpse of the stark disparities between what private insurers and the federal government paid for inpatient and outpatient care.
Published: May 8, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
As violence makes it harder to reach stricken villages in Congo, experts plan to stretch supplies and to give the vaccine to everyone, not just contacts of victims.
Published: May 7, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
The relatives say the family has for decades been committed to vaccines and that Mr. Kennedy’s anti-vaccine messages are putting children at risk.
Published: May 7, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GLENN THRUSH and KATIE THOMAS
A Trump administration change will require TV ads for prescription drugs covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price if it is over $35.
Published: May 7, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy, compared to white women in the United States.
Published: May 6, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized.
Published: May 5, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The agency placed restrictions on who can get the vaccine, Dengvaxia. Its use overseas has lagged amid concerns over rare safety risks.
Published: May 2, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
The state accused the nation’s largest drug distributor of flooding rural counties with opioids. McKesson denied the allegations in a $37 million settlement.
Published: May 1, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and RONI CARYN RABIN
Many other countries have already banned the products. But the U.S. agency said the risk was still low, despite repeated requests from women and doctors that the implants be removed from the market.
Published: May 1, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GABRIELLE EMANUEL and KATIE THOMAS
The defendants, from Insys Therapeutics, were accused of conspiring to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based painkiller.
Published: May 1, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Probably so, medical experts say. But whether that means athletes like her should be barred from competitions is a fraught question.
Published: April 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN and ABBY GOODNOUGH
The court filing, which goes beyond an earlier administration position, is expected to be an issue in the presidential campaign.
Published: April 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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