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The debate over America’s drug-pricing system is built on myths healthcare Article 1855 words 7 votes
Osteopathic physician Joseph Mercola, who has made millions selling natural health products, has contributed more than 40% of the funding ($2.9M) for a prominent anti-vaccine group Article 2856 words 9 votes
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Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product. But regulators are too paralyzed to act. Article 4206 words 9 votes
The rise of emergency telemedicine in the poorest, sickest, and most remote parts of the US, where the choice is increasingly to have a doctor on screen or no doctor at all healthcare Article 3303 words 10 votes
Stammer time - Stutterers reach beyond the medical model of disability Article 3900 words, published Nov 4 2019 4 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations Article 1359 words 10 votes
The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise healthcare Article 870 words 10 votes
Long-awaited cystic fibrosis drug could turn deadly disease into a manageable condition Article 1667 words 9 votes
Demand for gynecological "premarital exams" in Utah worries sexual health experts Article 1101 words 4 votes
Scientist who discredited meat guidelines didn’t report past food industry ties diet Article 1822 words 8 votes
Health insurance that doesn’t cover the bills has flooded the market under Trump healthcare Article 16 votes
Our food is killing too many of us: Improving American nutrition would make the biggest impact on our health care diet Article 908 words, published Aug 26 2019 11 votes
Purdue Pharma, drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, files for bankruptcy medicine Article 1118 words 5 votes
Is a meat-free diet really as healthy as vegetarians claim? diet Article 116 words, published Sep 5 2019 6 votes
The US health-care system found a way to make peanuts cost $4,200 healthcare Article 2181 words 8 votes
Vitamin E acetate found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show Article 1166 words 11 votes
University of Virginia health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes healthcare Article 3035 words 14 votes
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under settlement proposal medicine Article 1022 words 11 votes
A town for people with Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome: Patients moved from all over the country to Incline Village, Nevada, for an experimental drug. Then the drug disappeared. medicine Article 6755 words 10 votes
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy Article 1475 words, published Aug 30 2019 7 votes
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease medicine Article 8361 words 9 votes
A tourist infected with measles visited Disneyland and other Southern California hotspots in mid-August Article 625 words 15 votes
How big pharma was captured by the one percent healthcare medicine Article 3231 words, published Jun 28 2018 4 votes
He’d been kept alive with tubes for nearly seventeen years. Who is he, and is it possible he’s conscious? healthcare medicine Article 4724 words 8 votes
The latest study on trigger warnings finally convinced me they’re not worth it ~health.mental Article 1231 words, published Jul 12 2019 17 votes
Largest US drug companies flooded the country with seventy-six billion opioid pills, DEA data shows medicine Article 3119 words 13 votes
Twenty-two states considered eliminating the ‘tampon tax’ this year. Here’s what happened Article 1420 words, published Jul 12 2019 9 votes
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? medicine Article 7863 words 6 votes
What the measles epidemic really says about America: Historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a troubling lack of concern for the public good Article 2428 words 13 votes
The hidden cost of GoFundMe health care - When patients turn to crowdfunding for medical costs, whoever has the most heartrending story wins medicine healthcare Article 6415 words 7 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order compelling disclosure of prices in health care healthcare Article 10 votes
Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills 'trashing pharmacists' reputation' medicine Article 557 words 5 votes
She’s 103 and just ran the 100-meter dash. Her life advice? ‘Look for magic moments’ Article 990 words 5 votes