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Which Came First: Migraine or Sleepless Night? Nov. 24, 2021
People who suffer from migraines often have trouble getting a good night's sleep, but it's not clear... Read More
Personality and Alzheimer's Disease Nov. 17, 2021
Apart from biological factors such as amyloid plaques and tau tangles, new research suggests some pe... Read More
Two Courts Debunk Widely Accepted Opioid Myths: Undertreatment of Pain Is a Real Problem, and Bona Fide Patients Rarely Become Addicted to Their Medication Nov. 17, 2021
Since 2014, state and local governments have filed thousands of lawsuits against pharmaceutical comp... Read More
Managing Diabetes Nov. 12, 2021
November is National Diabetes Month, a month set aside to focus on this disease that affects the mor... Read More
Can't Beat a Good Story Nov. 10, 2021
When people watch the same movie together, their hearts begin to beat in time. It's not the shared e... Read More
During the Pandemic, One Thing Didn't Change Nov. 03, 2021
When jobs began disappearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was presumed health insurance coverage... Read More
There's a Little Henrietta Lacks in All of Us Oct. 28, 2021
On a hot summer day, Aug. 1, 1920, a woman named Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke, Virginia. Thou... Read More
Food For Naught Oct. 27, 2021
Children are increasingly getting the majority of their daily calories from ultraprocessed foods hig... Read More
Restored Hearing Not Nearing Oct. 20, 2021
Even as medical science expands its abilities to regrow cells to restore lost functions, hearing los... Read More
Cancel Drug Patents When the Public Pays Oct. 19, 2021
Pope Francis is urging drugmakers to release their lucrative patents on coronavirus vaccines, allowi... Read More
It's My Metabolism Oct. 13, 2021
Our daily energy expenditure, otherwise known as our metabolism, changes over the course of our live... Read More
What Nobel Prizes Say About National Greatness Oct. 08, 2021
It's Nobel Prize season. The just-announced 2021 winners in medicine/physiology are two Americans, D... Read More
Long COVID Uncommon in Children Oct. 06, 2021
Adding to a small but growing body of research, an English study found that the vast majority of chi... Read More
Comply or Die: Vax-Partheid in the Operating Room Oct. 05, 2021
For nearly 20 years, I've reported on America's medical welcome mat for chronically sick illegal ali... Read More
Doses In Abundance Sep. 29, 2021
With vaccination rates slowing (or never really getting momentum) in some parts of the country, U.S.... Read More
Can a Broken Heart Kill You? Sep. 24, 2021
I had never heard of what is officially labeled "broken heart syndrome" until a friend of mine colla... Read More
Vaccine Resistance Has Opened the Genuine Possibility of Health Care Rationing Sep. 22, 2021
A year and a half into the pandemic, the long-feared specter of rationed health care — that is... Read More
Genes and COVID-19 Sep. 22, 2021
COVID-19 hits some people harder than others, with more severe or longer-lasting symptoms and conseq... Read More
4 Top Tips for Getting Support During Pregnancy Sep. 21, 2021
This might be less about enlisting help than it is about accepting help. Chances are good that peopl... Read More
Cancer Deaths Are Down -- And Up Sep. 15, 2021
Overall, cancer deaths continue to decline, but the news isn't universally good. Between 2001 and 20... Read More
