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Tiny radioactive implants in brain cut tumor regrowth and dramatically improved survival, eliminating a dangerous treatment gap

Tiny radioactive implants in brain cut tumor regro...

1 week ago 14

Trump in 'excellent health' but should lose weight and exercise more, his doctor says

Trump in 'excellent health' but should lose weight...

1 week ago 8

Trump’s physician says the president is in 'excellent health' and is 'fully fit' to serve

Trump’s physician says the president is in 'excell...

1 week ago 10

How Replimune’s drug got a third chance after the White House intervened

How Replimune’s drug got a third chance after the ...

1 week ago 8

Passengers from a hantavirus ship might soon be allowed to leave Nebraska facility. The White House is asking states to monitor them 24/7.

Passengers from a hantavirus ship might soon be al...

1 week ago 9

Abolishing patient watchdog leaves NHS 'marking own homework', councils warn

Abolishing patient watchdog leaves NHS 'marking ow...

1 week ago 7

US adult cigarette smoking rate hits another all-time low

US adult cigarette smoking rate hits another all-t...

1 week ago 7

Wealthy retirees are buying ‘med-à-terres,’ this enigmatic therapy worked for one writer and cholesterol-lowering drugs are on the horizon. Read more in this week’s WSJ Health newsletter:

Wealthy retirees are buying ‘med-à-terres,’ this e...

1 week ago 11

War and displacement in Gaza are fueling a rise in early marriage

War and displacement in Gaza are fueling a rise in...

1 week ago 12

Gethin trains to be Dr Oscar's guide runner

Gethin trains to be Dr Oscar's guide runner

1 week ago 10

UnitedHealth to Reduce Pediatric Prior Authorizations

UnitedHealth to Reduce Pediatric Prior Authorizati...

2 weeks ago 7

Replimune reached an agreement with the FDA on a path to resubmit its experimental melanoma treatment for approval

Replimune reached an agreement with the FDA on a p...

2 weeks ago 6

WHO chief lands in Congo to address rare Ebola outbreak amid distrust and insecurity

WHO chief lands in Congo to address rare Ebola out...

2 weeks ago 9

Court in Kenya Suspends Plans for U.S. Ebola Quarantine Unit

Court in Kenya Suspends Plans for U.S. Ebola Quara...

2 weeks ago 6

Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans

Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine ...

2 weeks ago 7

Canadian man expected to plead guilty to selling lethal substances

Canadian man expected to plead guilty to selling l...

2 weeks ago 10

Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa

Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak...

2 weeks ago 11

'I forgot what it feels like to be outside' - First rooftop intensive care ward opens

'I forgot what it feels like to be outside' - Firs...

2 weeks ago 8

No one in courtroom to speak on behalf of victims of man who killed 4 sleeping homeless men

No one in courtroom to speak on behalf of victims ...

2 weeks ago 8

What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and what should you check for?

What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and what ...

2 weeks ago 10

GSK Says Hepatitis B Drug Cured One Fifth of Patients in Late-Stage Trials

GSK Says Hepatitis B Drug Cured One Fifth of Patie...

2 weeks ago 10

Scientists Find a Potential Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B

Scientists Find a Potential Cure for Chronic Hepat...

2 weeks ago 8

Why your co-worker might be listening to music tuned to 432 hertz

Why your co-worker might be listening to music tun...

2 weeks ago 6

Can a rooftop garden help very ill patients heal faster?

Can a rooftop garden help very ill patients heal f...

2 weeks ago 7

Prostate cancer screening only for 'a few thousand' high risk men

Prostate cancer screening only for 'a few thousand...

2 weeks ago 7

Prostate cancer screening: What you need to know

Prostate cancer screening: What you need to know

2 weeks ago 5

Why the gut is known as the second brain

Why the gut is known as the second brain

2 weeks ago 7

Heard on the Street: Johnson & Johnson seems to have perfected the art of the biotech deal, but there’s a catch

Heard on the Street: Johnson & Johnson seems to ha...

2 weeks ago 7

The Minneapolis immigration crackdown ended months ago. For these little kids, trauma remains

The Minneapolis immigration crackdown ended months...

2 weeks ago 13

KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire

KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire

2 weeks ago 9

'It's not a nice world to bring children into': Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years

'It's not a nice world to bring children into': Bi...

2 weeks ago 10

One in five people have a genetic heart risk that their doctor has probably never tested for. A drug trial to address it is expected to report results soon.

One in five people have a genetic heart risk that ...

2 weeks ago 9

Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a ...

2 weeks ago 12

'When I was 14 I thought I was dying'

'When I was 14 I thought I was dying'

2 weeks ago 8

Endometriosis: 'I thought I was dying'

Endometriosis: 'I thought I was dying'

2 weeks ago 5

Canada will require self-isolation for people traveling from Congo, Sudan and Uganda due to Ebola

Canada will require self-isolation for people trav...

2 weeks ago 16

In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water

In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sa...

2 weeks ago 55

For one Ukrainian war amputee, rebuilding is painful after a Russian strike killed her husband

For one Ukrainian war amputee, rebuilding is painf...

2 weeks ago 14

Hundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh

Hundreds of children die within months as measles ...

2 weeks ago 7

Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya

Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to ...

2 weeks ago 7

'My daughter went into hospital to get better - now she's dead'

'My daughter went into hospital to get better - no...

2 weeks ago 6

'We knew somebody would die': Teenage patients 'ignored' before fatal NHS trust failures

'We knew somebody would die': Teenage patients 'ig...

2 weeks ago 6

The cruise ship at center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak has to undergo extra cleaning

The cruise ship at center of a deadly hantavirus o...

2 weeks ago 14

I was a little suspicious of EMDR therapy when my therapist first described the process. It ended up healing me.

I was a little suspicious of EMDR therapy when my ...

2 weeks ago 15

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and...

2 weeks ago 13

Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades

Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid wor...

2 weeks ago 8

PCOS name change 'more representative of condition'

PCOS name change 'more representative of condition...

2 weeks ago 12

The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another

The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on ...

2 weeks ago 17

Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kin

Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola pa...

2 weeks ago 13

Congolese authorities announce 900 suspected Ebola cases in the east

Congolese authorities announce 900 suspected Ebola...

2 weeks ago 12