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Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?
After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Heightening the alarm: the medical field’s reckoning with longstanding health inequities.
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‘Dinner plate-sized' medical tool found inside woman 18 months after she gave birth
A medical device the size of a dinner plate was left inside a woman’s abdomen for 18 months.
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Doctors find live worm in Australian woman's brain: ‘We all felt a bit sick'
A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked an 8-centimeter (3-inch) wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.
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Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
New York surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally.
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Some insurers won't cover new Alzheimer's treatment shown to slow decline
Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients.
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Biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells uphold medicine
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.
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Alzheimer's drug gets FDA panel's backing, setting the stage for broader use
U.S. health advisers are backing the full approval of an Alzheimer’s drug that received preliminary approval last year. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted in favor of the infused medication from drugmakers Eisai and Biogen. The FDA granted accelerated approval in January based on early results suggesting the drug could modestly slow Alzheimer’s....
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Experimental Drug Slows Worsening Effects of Alzheimer's
Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appeared to slow worsening of the mind-robbing disease in a large study. NBC 5’s Bianca Castro talked with Frisco neurologist Dr. Aimee Garza about how it works.
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Eli Lilly Says Experimental Drug Slows Alzheimer's Worsening
Eli Lilly and Co. says its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appears to slow worsening of the mind-robbing disease after an 18-month trial.
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How Long Can You Keep Medication Past Its Expiration Date? A Doctor Weighs In
Time for spring cleaning? Don’t overlook the medicine cabinet. Learn when to toss medications, toothbrushes, razors and more.
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Kaiser Permanente Offers Tuition-Free Medical School to Eligible Students. Here's What to Know
The Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard J.Tyson School of Medicine is one of the medical schools that has highly advanced learning tools.
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Got Unused, Unwanted or Expired Medications? National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 22, 2023, where you can safely get rid of unused, unwanted or expired medications.
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How Important Are Medication Expiration Dates? Here's What a Pharmacist Says
It isn’t always clear whether or not the expiration dates on prescription and over-the-counter medications actually mean anything. Here’s what you need to know.
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Eli Lilly Says Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Reduces Brain Plaque in Early Study
Eli Lilly said a higher dose of the up-and-coming Alzheimer’s treatment remternetug had a larger effect on clearing amyloid plaque.
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I'm a Cardiologist. Here Are 8 Foods I'll Never Eat
Hippocrates famously said, “Let food be thy medicine” and that applies to heart health: Diet is incredibly important.
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Massachusetts Family Doctor Had Hidden Cameras, Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Images, Feds Say
A Massachusetts family doctor was arrested for allegedly recording and possessing child sex abuse images, including on a hidden camera designed to look like a bracelet, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Here's Why You Should Start Taking Seasonal Allergy Meds Sooner Than You Think
Don’t wait until spring to get the upper hand on your allergy symptoms
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The Fate of America's Largest Supply of Helium Is Up in the Air
For more than a year, the fate of the Federal Helium Reserve, one of the world’s largest and most dependable suppliers of helium, has been uncertain.
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Amazon Launches Rx Subscription Service for Prime Members
Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.
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CVS and Walgreens Plan to Sell Abortion Pill Mifepristone at Pharmacies After FDA Rule Change
Mifepristone has become a central flashpoint in the political battle over abortion at the state level in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.