Syphilis on the rise, but Algoma Public Health fights it with SPRITE
APH using Syphilis Point-of-Care Rapid Testing & Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) clinics for early testing and ...
Halted research, disciplined doctors: internal audit finds Kaiser ignored patient protections in Northern California study
Two top clinicians have been disciplined amid growing concern that Kaiser’s system for monitoring research safety and ethics ...
The metal they thought could change the world – until people started to die
The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...
F.D.A. Approves Drug to Treat Pain Without Opioid Effects
The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive. The Food and Drug ...
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to ...
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Van Gogh’s Madness: A Modern Medical Investigation
Was Van Gogh’s madness fueled by art or alcohol? A modern medical analysis reveals how psychosis, epilepsy, and thiamine ...
FDA approves first new type of pain medication in 25 years
A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will be sold under the brand name Journavx.
How tackling sepsis can save millions of lives—and prevent future pandemic deaths
Sepsis is an underestimated killer. Nearly a quarter of patients treated for sepsis in hospital will die, but because so many ...
Science News11h
Better male birth control is on the horizon
Men have two birth control options: condoms and vasectomies. Why has it taken so long to develop more contraceptives?
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Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it?
She explains that there are planets known as hot super-Earths whizzing about so close to their stars that a year lasts less than a day. “These planets are so hot, they probably have giant lava ...