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Jillian Mock • July 18, 2018
What to know before you go to your annual gynecology appointment
Charlie Wood • April 2, 2018
Living longer will shake up social institutions, experts say
Lucy Hicks • March 9, 2018
The biology behind the rare “tampon disease,” toxic shock syndrome
Lucy Hicks • February 5, 2018
What we know, and still don’t, about tau proteins’ role in brain disease
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • December 9, 2017
Neglected by the health care system, many immigrants are finding relief in medicinal herbs
Dan Robitzski • September 25, 2017
Here’s how a powerful breed of guard dogs turned into humanity’s cruelest genetics experiment
Dan Robitzski • September 21, 2017
It turns out that the best medicine is medicine
Dan Robitzski • July 10, 2017
Exciting new discoveries get all the attention — leaving just-as-important negative results in the dust. And fixing the problem is easier said than done.
Cici Zhang • June 26, 2017
A minority in many ways, Erica Walker is determined to find how urban noise affects human health
Dan Robitzski • June 21, 2017
Dr. Luca Guardabassi is finding new ways to weaken drug-resistant bacteria
Abigail Fagan • June 5, 2017
Freeze-dried plasma has helped trauma patients for decades. Why is it still out of reach for the American military?
Abigail Fagan • May 24, 2017
When end-of-life wishes collide with untenable costs
Dan Robitzski • April 19, 2017
Having a colonoscopy? Those bowel cleanses remain a necessary inconvenience, but doctors are working to make them less unpleasant
Dan Robitzski • April 10, 2017
A recent study on roundworms identified the hormone responsible for burning fat, marking the latest discovery in a convoluted, century-long search
Dan Robitzski • March 29, 2017
Historical reports of “absinthism” probably just described severe alcoholism