Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal. The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells from the human body and deliver them to repair injuries and fight disease from the inside out. But not all stemContinue Reading
Medicare has started price negotiations for 15 medicines, including the diabetes drug Ozempic. Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images As President Trump touts his own executive orders to lower drug prices, the Medicare drug price negotiations begun during the Biden administration are continuing behind the scenes. Two companies – NovoContinue Reading
Researchers share the titles they recommend most often. When parents estranged from their children share what’s going on, many imagine other people thinking, “What’s wrong with you?” said Karl Pillemer, a professor of human development at Cornell University. Though estrangement — or family cutoff — can feel isolating, it’s actuallyContinue Reading
Focusing on eccentric exercises — where muscles extend rather than contract — builds more strength and muscle while also buttressing your tendons. By Petra Péterffy In the gym, it can be tempting to focus on the showiest moves: the impressive deadlift, an explosive bench press. But to build strength andContinue Reading
The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.” The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding for programs that provide lifesaving vaccines around the world, including immunizations for polio. The budget proposal, submitted to Congress lastContinue Reading
A study of mice and people looks at how the brain takes an experience and responds with an emotion. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment RF/Getty Images Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment RF/Getty Images Get cut off in rush-hour traffic and you may feel angry for the whole trip, or even snap at a noisy child inContinue Reading
COVID vaccine access will be more limited for some groups, after federal health officials changed recommendations. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Loryn Competti was watching the news with her husband at their home in Cincinnati when she heard about the new federal policy about who should get a COVIDContinue Reading
Sally Odenheimer starved herself because she was an athlete and thought she’d run faster on an empty stomach. Karla Wagner starved herself because she wanted to be in charge of at least one aspect of her life. Janice Bremis simply felt too fat. They all sought perfection and control. NotContinue Reading
Multiple myeloma is considered incurable, but a third of patients in a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial have lived without detectable cancer for years after facing certain death. A group of 97 patients had longstanding multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer that doctors consider incurable, and faced a certain, andContinue Reading
Q: A urologist recently told me I shouldn’t go to the bathroom “just in case.” Is that true? As children, many of us were encouraged to pee before we left the house or whenever a bathroom was nearby. There was a good reason: using the bathroom “just in case” canContinue Reading
