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Because the mutations are so rare, costly studies involving large numbers of patients would be needed to identify their role in each disease.
4 hours 24 min ago
The Justice Department and the United States attorney’s office in Massachusetts have closed their investigation related to the orthopedic product Infuse, Medtronic said.
4 hours 38 min ago
I've left the isolation of the hospital after my bone marrow transplant and no longer need to be connected to IVs around the clock. I'm enjoying my freedom, but cancer continues to dictate my choices, writes Suleika Jaouad.
4 hours 38 min ago
Some research suggests that people who frequently update their Facebook status are more likely to exhibit narcissistic traits, but the social medium of choice for the self-absorbed may actually be Twitter.
4 hours 42 min ago
An exhibition offers a look at the emergence of European and American Jews as innovators in medicine, despite their status as outsiders frequently scorned by the establishment.
4 hours 54 min ago
In a small clinical trial, six months of treatment with the drug Zytiga, added to standard therapy, eliminated or nearly eliminated tumors in about one-third of men whose disease had not yet spread beyond the prostate gland.
5 hours 30 min ago
Seun Adebiyi launched Nigeria’s national bone-marrow registry, a potential lifesaver for black cancer patients, after experiencing firsthand the difficulty of finding donors for those of African descent.
5 hours 35 min ago
Federal regulators announced on Wednesday that Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that the company deceived consumers with claims about its toning shoes.
5 hours 36 min ago
A group of young feminists is campaigning against digitally retouched photographs in a teen magazine.
5 hours 48 min ago
A computer program developed at I.B.M. uses game techniques and psychology to influence dieting: eat a salad, for example, and you could win 50 cents.
5 hours 56 min ago
The court debate over the new health care law offers yet another example of worrying about imaginary risks.
6 hours 8 min ago
A new book by a California psychologist examines obsessions with smartphones and other devices — and suggests ways to overcome the neediness.
6 hours 10 min ago
Efforts in Washington State to address a resurgent childhood ailment have been hobbled by years of recession-induced budget cuts that have hollowed out public health departments.
6 hours 34 min ago
For cancer patients, marijuana is a medical and a human rights issue. New York should pass the medical marijuana bill this year.
6 hours 53 min ago
A documentary director and a social worker hatch a new idea: personalized music for every nursing home resident.
7 hours 14 min ago
Nationwide, about 450,000 children have lead levels higher than the new standard, compared with 250,000 children using the old standard.
7 hours 24 min ago
Congress put pressure on the military after hearing complaints about reversed diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder.
7 hours 26 min ago
Scientists said a tiny brain implant allowed two people who are virtually paralyzed below the neck to manipulate a robotic arm.
7 hours 28 min ago
The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.
8 hours 14 min ago
On Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate a fistula hospital that you readers helped build, and the many African women whose lives it will surely save.
