The promise and price of cellular therapies - New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them?
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The hidden cost of GoFundMe health care - When patients turn to crowdfunding for medical costs, whoever has the most heartrending story wins
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Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills 'trashing pharmacists' reputation'
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She’s 103 and just ran the 100-meter dash. Her life advice? ‘Look for magic moments’
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Don’t visit your doctor in the afternoon - everyone suffers decision fatigue, even physicians
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Younger longer - With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever
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The empty promise of suicide prevention: Many of the problems that lead people to kill themselves cannot be fixed with a little extra serotonin
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Lou Ortenzio was a trusted West Virginia doctor who got his patients—and himself—hooked on opioids. Now he’s trying to rescue his community from an epidemic he helped start.
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When a treatment costs $450,000 or more, it had better work
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The data all guilt-ridden parents need: What science tells us about breast-feeding, sleep training and all the agonizing decisions of parenthood
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Dentistry is much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think
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Laziness does not exist
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The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Vaping is Big Tobacco’s bait and switch
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The latest diet trend is not dieting
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Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a public health measure
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Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
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When the cure is worse than the disease
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Why do South Asians have such high rates of heart disease?
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The weight I carry - What it’s like to be too big in America
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Americans are dangerously sleep deprived
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The problem with being perfect
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The comforting fictions of dementia care
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Australian states and territories agree to axe 'tampon tax'
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GPs treat mental health issues more than any other condition, reveals the latest Health of a Nation report released by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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How useful is the Apple Watch's heart-monitoring feature?
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FDA cracks down on Juul and e-cigarette retailers
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The burnout crisis in American medicine
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DIYers hack insulin pump - create artificial pancreas
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The federal government's My Health Record system is capable of storing genomic information, which could turbocharge medical research but has intensified privacy and security fears
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Millions of Australians to opt out of My Health Record as backlash builds
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Taking away the phones won’t solve our teenagers’ problems
19 votes -
I used to be a human being
5 votes -
US opposition to breast-feeding resolution stuns World Health officials
14 votes -
US opposition to breast-feeding resolution stuns World Health officials
19 votes -
Sky-high deductibles broke the US health insurance system
13 votes -
Susan Collins, pivotal US moderate, says ‘hostility’ to Roe would sway her vote
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A drug derived from marijuana has become the first to win Federal approval, and experts predict an avalanche effect
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Lasik's risks are coming into sharper focus
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'Very poor': GP booking service HealthEngine sanitises patient reviews
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How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
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When chemists go bad: Wave of drug store dealers caught pill pushing
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The burnout crisis in American medicine
7 votes