Health & Medicine

LIMA, July 20 — On the laboratory benches of Cayetano Heredia University, a parasite no bigger than a speck of dust first…

LONDON, July 20 — The National Health Service, born in the austerity and ambition of post-war Britain, remains a defining feature of…

WASHINGTON, July 19 — Catecholamines are monoamine neurotransmitters derived from the amino acid tyrosine, which the body obtains from dietary proteins or…

NEW YORK, July 19 — That familiar jolt of fear or excitement, the racing heart and quickened breath, is the work of…

NEW YORK, July 19 — The story begins with a novel published in 1774. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young…

WASHINGTON, July 18 — The figure that matters: 1996. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — HIPAA, also called the Kennedy‑Kassebaum…

WASHINGTON, July 18 — The figure that matters: 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne diseases each year. That is 1 in…

SILVER SPRING, Md., July 18 — The former Naval Ordnance Laboratory, a sprawling compound in the White Oak area of this Washington…

LIMA, July 18 — Under the microscope, the threat is tiny — spherical, just 7.5 to 10 micrometres across, wrapped in a…

WASHINGTON, July 18 — The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative nonprofit that drafts and disseminates model bills for state lawmakers, has…

WASHINGTON, July 18 — State legislatures are the primary engines of public health policy in America, yet their strategic importance on the…

NEW YORK, July 18 — 28 million tonnes. That is the figure that matters for global lettuce and chicory production in 2023,…

MUNICH, July 17 — A gene expression profiling test that has become a standard tool in breast cancer treatment decisions works by…

NEW YORK, July 17 — The Journal of Experimental Medicine has retracted a 2019 paper on a potential treatment for tumors linked…

ISLAMABAD, July 17 — A fresh look at how the stomach handles water is giving researchers a clearer picture of gastric emptying…

ISLAMABAD, July 17 — When a patient feels full after a meal, the sensation does not begin in the stomach alone. It…

LOS ANGELES, July 17 — A new comprehensive review is pointing cancer researchers toward an old metabolic enzyme, one that could offer…

LOS ANGELES — For decades, the enzyme deoxycytidine kinase, or dCK, was known mostly as a backstage player in cellular metabolism, quietly…

LOS ANGELES — A team of researchers has studied the molecular machinery that cancer cells use to survive. The latest findings, published…

LOS ANGELES, July 17 — A new wave of cancer treatment is quietly taking shape, one that turns away from the blunt…

BOSTON, July 17 — A research paper whose corresponding author is a prominent Boston oncologist has been retracted, raising questions in the…

BEDFORD, July 17 — Tyler Morton, a 21-year-old artist from Bedford, England, died four weeks after his first symptoms appeared, according to…