Victoria Kuhn prepares to inject her 7-year-old son William Addison a hemophilia medication known as Factor VIII.
So-called specialty drugs for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis have a narrow use and high costs, leaving the most vulnerable patients with huge bills.
Consciousness is not a simple state that is either on or off. Studies with anesthesia showed patients responding to commands or communicating, but later having no memory of doing so.
With earth’s population headed for 10 billion, much of the growth is in sub-Saharan Africa, where trends that have lowered birthrates elsewhere have not yet caught on.
A medical board voted to allow procedures that are done for research and are subject to approval, conditions that supporters say will offer patients protection.
A federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement meant to guarantee alternatives to segregation for mentally ill inmates in Massachusetts prisons.
Can the MCAT identify that ethereal mix of scientist, humanist and spiritualist that makes a good doctor?
After the Republican-controlled New York Senate declined to consider a health insurance exchange, the governor issued an executive order to create it within the State Health Department.
In the year since my diagnosis with leukemia, I've struggled to hold on to a sense of who I am while I watch the person in the mirror change, writes Suleika Jaouad.
A satisfaction survey administered to nearly two million patients reveals that men tend to be more positive about their hospital experiences than women.
The move by the agency is intended to slow the indiscriminate use of the drugs in agriculture, which has made them increasingly ineffective in humans.
A judge fined Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary after a jury found that the companies minimized or concealed the dangers associated with Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug.
Some entrepreneurial doctors and patients have come up with Web sites and mobile apps to ease monitoring of a person’s vital signs and even make appointments.
A report of bacterial contamination found in packaged raw chicken products has ignited a debate over potential health threats in poultry.
St. Jude Medical is defending itself against reports of deaths and injuries linked to an implanted heart device made by the company.
An annual conference teaches doctors to wear chefs’ toques.
Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan has joined a number of medical centers around the country in creating a special emergency room for geriatric patients.
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Elevated levels of cortisol over time can lead to resistance and affect the body's immune response to infections like the common cold and influenza, heightening symptoms.
Even in the best of circumstances, a woman caring for her sick husband may face disruptions in her work and social life, sleep habits, exercise routine, household management and financial situation.
There is evidence that more lives are being lost to heart and respiratory ills, as well as infectious diseases spread by carriers whose habitats are expanding.
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The Affordable Care Act will either be fully paid for or will begin to address the Medicare problem — not both.
This week: The Titanic 100 years later; the science of science festivals; and rethinking the value of pets.
More Americans should take the initiative to spell out what treatments they do — and do not — want by writing living wills and appointing health care proxies.
Dr. Breslow was a public health leader whose research gave mathematical proof to the notion that people can live longer and healthier by changing habits like smoking, diet and sleep.
Our most used anti-influenza drug may not work as well as we think it does.
This garlicky dish, topped with crispy bread crumbs, comes out of the oven sizzling.
On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
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