By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN
AstraZeneca has hired Dr. José Baselga, the former chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, to lead its cancer research unit.
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Tzc8bg
via IFTTT
By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER
The Zika virus must take the “side roads” into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said — but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the “expressway.”
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2GYKO4R
via IFTTT
By GINA KOLATA
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network takes on the toughest cases, patients whose symptoms have defied explanation.
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2RABHeS
via IFTTT
By CHRISTINA CARON
Zainab Mughal, 2, has cancer. Her treatments depend on frequent blood transfusions, but her blood type is extremely rare.
Published: January 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2C1QsOb
via IFTTT
By CHRISTINA CARON
The boy, Cameron Jean-Pierre, 11, had asthma and was allergic to fish and peanuts. Experts said a combination of the two conditions could have caused a fatal reaction.
Published: January 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2F98otY
via IFTTT
By SHEILA KAPLAN
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the terms of the new partnership between the two companies appear to undermine pledges they made to keep flavored nicotine pods off store shelves.
Published: January 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2CQlxpK
via IFTTT
By PAULA SPAN
In “cognitive rehabilitation,” therapists train patients in simple tasks that can make daily life much easier.
Published: January 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2F9UGXe
via IFTTT
