China investigates HIV contamination of 12,000 blood plasma treatments ~health healthcare medicine Article 365 words 6 votes
OxyContin maker explored expansion into “attractive” anti-addiction market ~health medicine Article 2460 words 7 votes
This business helped transform Miami into a national plastic surgery destination. Eight women died. ~health medicine Article 4159 words 6 votes
How to rapidly image entire brains at nanoscale resolution ~science medicine Article 1289 words 10 votes
Damning court docs show just how far Sacklers went to push OxyContin ~health medicine Article 1331 words 8 votes
Americans more likely to die from accidental opioid overdose than in a car accident ~health medicine Article 531 words 12 votes
Open standards may finally give patients control of their data and care via Electronic Health Records ~tech Article 1918 words 6 votes
How do you feel what you can't touch? Scientists crack the nerve code. ~science biology medicine Article 6 votes
New research suggests optimism for HIV/AIDS ~health medicine Article 1815 words, published Nov 21 2018 6 votes
Healing the body electric: In the next five to ten years, a new generation of small networked sensors will provide doctors with up-to-the-moment insight into patients’ health ~health healthcare medicine Article 1415 words 5 votes
The million-dollar drug: How a Canadian medical breakthrough that was thirty years in the making became the world’s most expensive drug — and then quickly disappeared ~science biology medicine Article 1242 words 19 votes
Sackler family members face mass litigation and criminal investigations over opioids crisis ~health medicine Article 4 votes
Sackler family members face mass litigation, criminal investigations over opioids crisis ~health medicine Article 1719 words 7 votes
A startup company says it will give people free genome reports if they’re willing to answer detailed questions about their health, drinking habits, and more ~health medicine Article 331 words 5 votes
A marathon procedure to seperate conjoined 14-month-old twins Nima and Dawa is underway at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, with doctors saying the operation is "all about the connections". ~science medicine Article 545 words 3 votes
Despite warnings, US FDA approves potent new opioid painkiller ~health medicine Article 946 words 7 votes
Electrical stimulation allows paralysed patients to walk short distances ~science medicine Article 768 words 7 votes
A rural community decided to treat its opioid problem like a natural disaster ~health medicine Article 986 words 11 votes
Expert panel urges hepatitis A vaccination for homeless in US ~health medicine Article 643 words 5 votes
In need of cadavers, 19th-century medical students raided Baltimore’s graves ~humanities.history Article 2010 words 7 votes
Two unborn babies' spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first ~science medicine Article 415 words 6 votes
Using technology to fight counterfeit medicines in Africa and South Asia ~tech Article 1733 words, published Oct 12 2018 5 votes
Meet the carousing, harmonica-playing Texan who just won a Nobel for his cancer breakthrough ~science medicine Article 7039 words 4 votes
UK Biobank data on 500,000 people paves way to precision medicine ~health healthcare medicine Article 751 words 8 votes
No wonder it works so well: There may be Viagra in that herbal supplement ~health medicine Article 878 words 6 votes
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy shows promise for reducing social anxiety in autistic adults ~health.mental Article 786 words, published Sep 18 2018 11 votes
Recovering emotions after twenty-four years on antidepressants ~health.mental Article 2246 words 13 votes
A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his schizophrenic delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why. ~science medicine biology Article 1460 words 12 votes
Psychogenic death: People can die from giving up the fight ~science psychology medicine Link 10 votes
Is Cannabidol an effective antipsychotic? ~health.mental Article 1686 words, published Aug 24 2018 4 votes
NHS beats drug companies in £100m Avastin battle ~health healthcare medicine Article 508 words 5 votes
Insulin’s steep price leads to deadly rationing ~health healthcare medicine Article 1141 words 12 votes
What Ötzi the Iceman’s tattoos reveal about copper age medical pactices ~humanities.history Article 525 words 6 votes
Exterminate Mosquitoes for the Sake of Humanity ~science biology medicine Article 1245 words, published Sep 7 2018 12 votes
Early alterations of social brain networks in young children with autism ~science biology medicine psychology Link 5 votes
Pharma chief defends 400% drug price rise as a ‘moral requirement’ ~health healthcare medicine Article 822 words 8 votes
The secret drug pricing system middlemen use to rake in millions ~health healthcare medicine Article 92 words 5 votes