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Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it.
A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.
Fatimah Shepherd’s kidneys were compromised, and pregnancy could send her into kidney failure.
His work changed how doctors understood heart attacks, heart failure and coronary artery disease, and helped lead to therapies that saved millions of lives.
A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble.
Calley Means remained president of a company that relied on health savings accounts last year as the Trump administration developed policies to expand them.
From the Kremlin to Silicon Valley, some of the most powerful people in the world now want something more: eternal life.
Vaccine skeptics, “organic moms” and anti-pesticide activists came together to elect President Trump. But some voters are disillusioned and might not turn out again.
The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.
Suicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found.
In four days of congressional testimony, the health secretary sought to please the White House and his MAHA base at the same time.
In separate clinical trials, two treatments showed promise that they could help patients with one of the most dire diagnoses in oncology.
Testifying on Capitol Hill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to back away from his criticism of the measles shot. But he spoke on behalf of his department, not himself.
Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been trending on social media, but critics warn it poses serious risks.
The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly.
The agency has approved far fewer new grants than it did in years past. A renewed effort to screen for disfavored terms and a loss of personnel are contributing.
A law meant to end surprise medical billing accidentally created a multibillion-dollar industry that is making doctors richer.
In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.
The nation’s largest insurer’s profits exceeded analysts’ expectations but still fell short of showing a significant comeback.
Volatile relationships, reckless impulsivity and an unstable identity are hallmarks of this misunderstood mental health condition.
With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh gave transplant recipients certain immune cells from their organ donors. It didn’t always work.
The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.
The president’s executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating mental health disorders like severe depression and PTSD.
The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.
A chemist, she lent her expertise in drug research to ACT UP, an organization known for its street protests, and helped accelerate the approval of H.I.V. and AIDS treatments.