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Three Mothers’ Plea to the F.D.A.: Save Our Children

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King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age

When medicine does not ease an enlarged prostate, known also as BPH, a common surgery with few risks is often…

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Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk

The news Cancer deaths in the United States are falling, with four million deaths prevented since 1991, according to the…

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Should Patients Be Allowed to Die From Anorexia?

The doctors told Naomi that she could not leave the hospital. She was lying in a narrow bed at Denver…

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48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here’s How to Get Them Help That Works.

Raina Mcmahan, a 42-year-old recovery coach, spent roughly half her life seeking treatment for her own opioid use disorder. She…

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Hepatitis C Kills 15,000 Americans a Year. That Number Should Be Zero.

A little over a decade ago, I watched my brother in-law Rick Boterf die of complications from infection with the…

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Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.

For seven years, Sulemana Musah put almost every bit of money that came his way into his war with hepatitis…

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Sickle-Cell Treatment Created With Gene Editing Wins U.K. Approval

The first treatment that relies on CRISPR is expected to receive U.S. approval next month. But it may cost millions…

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F.D.A. Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine

Unsupervised treatment — fueled by telemedicine prescriptions — for various psychiatric problems poses a number of health risks, the agency…

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Teen Depression Rose Sharply During the Pandemic, but Treatment Didn’t Follow

The News Approximately 20 percent of adolescents had symptoms of major depressive disorder in 2021 — the first full calendar…

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