A growing body of research finds seemingly simple infections can cause the autoimmune system in some people to overreact, causing lifelong impacts.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
New guidelines expand eligibility for weight loss surgery. Will insurance coverage follow?
Two groups of bariatric surgeons want to expand eligibility for weight loss surgery. Whether insurance companies will agree remains to be seen.
A new treatment is restoring skin coloration to some with vitiligo. It’s giving patients hope.
A new study shows a treatment for vitiligo, which recently won FDA approval, restores natural skin color to one-third of patients.
For patients with earliest stage of breast cancer, how much treatment is enough?
Doctors are getting better at figuring out who with the earliest stage of breast cancer needs aggressive treatment and who can get less care.
These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia.
Stanford researcher Sergiu Pașca’s experiments, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, are both significant and ethically challenging.
One big change is coming to clinical drug trials, and it’s ‘no longer lip service’
After the COVID-19 pandemic, a major and crucial change is coming to clinical drug trials: More diversity among research participants.
FDA approves Relyvrio, the first new ALS drug in five years. Patients had wanted it sooner.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the use of Relyvrio to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS.
New push to cut hunger, improve Americans’ diets touted at White House conference
Many of the nation’s top experts met in D.C. to discuss ways to address the fact that more than 20% of Americans are food insecure.
‘Food as medicine’: White House pilot program would bring medically tailored meals under Medicare
Medically tailored meals are one of many new programs proposed Tuesday by the Biden administration to reduce hunger and diet-related diseases.
Can you improve memory? Brain stimulation could make a ‘moderate to large’ difference, study shows.
A Boston University study’s early results show improved memory among senior citizens who received low-dose electrical pulses directed to the brain.