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Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting …

The patient: A 23-year-old woman in Florida The symptoms: The woman went to the emergency room with an itchy rash on her …

Inclusion and ethics All patients provided written informed consent before enrollment. This protocol was conducted according to Good Clinical Practice and was …

Researchers at Texas A&M University say they may have found a way to do just that using a simple nasal spray designed …

A growing number of mental health therapists are using AI tools to record sessions, take notes and do administrative tasks. Fiordaliso/Getty Images …

Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the …

A 600-year-old set of surgical tools found in a tomb in China has revealed the world’s first chemical evidence of a topical …

For decades, beta blockers have been one of the routine drugs many patients receive after a heart attack. They are widely used …

One life insurance company is banking on incentives to gamify the healthy habits of its customers, which in turn helps its bottom …

A simple beetroot juice routine may help explain one of the more surprising links in healthy aging: the connection between bacteria in …

Thirteen-month-old Jannat cries as her mother Sohana, a garment worker, tries to feed her. The child is hospitalized for measles at DNCC …

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning and happy …

Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to pack more fruit into your day. Toss in a banana, add some berries, blend, …

People demonstrate outside the courthouse where the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught was held on May 13, 2022, in Nashville, …

Below is a lightly edited, AI-generated transcript of the “First Opinion Podcast” interview with Patricia Bencivenga and Adriane Fugh-Berman. Be sure to …

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected 120 members and 25 international members for 2026, including six MIT faculty members and …

The study was conducted between 1 November 2022 and 9 April 2025. A total of 128 participants were pre-screened for eligibility, 86 …

Yale Medicine experts discuss safety, effectiveness, and who may—or may not—be appropriate candidates for microdosing prescription medications.

More people are paying close attention to what they eat, often tracking calories, exercising daily, and filling their plates with foods that …

An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO). …

Bajwa, J., Munir, U., Nori, A. & Williams, B. Artificial intelligence in healthcare: transforming the practice of medicine. Future Healthc. J. 8, …

Arthritis covers a wide range of joint disorders, including inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, as well as osteoarthritis, …

After accidentally dispensing the wrong drug to a patient, former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of negligent homicide in 2022. She’s …

Thursday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing was intended to focus on President Trump’s proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health’s fiscal year …

Arbuckle, M. R. et al. Development of autoantibodies before the clinical onset of systemic lupus erythematosus. N. Engl. J. Med. 349, 1526–1533 …

Oronde McClain was only 10 when he was shot in the head while caught in the gunfire of a drive-by shooting. He …

He, X., Su, J., Ma, Y., Zhang, W. & Tang, S. A comprehensive analysis of the efficacy and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. …

Women not only face higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, but new research suggests they may also be …

The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization …

WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is proposing that Medicare cover in-home care, which would create the first new benefit in …