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Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine

Business

How a doctor stirred national demand for the Bridge detox device — without solid evidence it works

First Opinion

Why did the Trump administration pull the plug on programs to prevent teen pregnancy?

By Marvin E. Belzer and Arlene Schneir

Pharma

These companies actually want to pay higher fees — and the FDA is poised to make that happen

By Kate Sheridan

Pharmalot Prices for cholesterol drugs would have to drop a lot to be cost effective
In the Lab ‘I’ll do weird things’: What it’s like to work the night shift in a science lab
First Opinion For good health, there’s no place like home
Health Astronauts need nutrition on longer space flights. One potential source? Their urine
First Opinion Not all vegan or plant-based diets are equally healthy

New drugs, wearable trackers, and a Narcan mask: Ohio tech fund inspires new ideas to fight the opioid crisis
How one small biotech exploits a loophole in a federal transparency law
Pharmalittle: Roche profits by tweaking an old drug; specialty pharmacy fined for kickbacks

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Health

White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don’t like what they find

By Eric Boodman

Biotech

A humbling setback for an immune-revving cancer therapy underscores the many questions facing the field

By Adam Feuerstein

Special Report

A doctor’s murder over an opioid prescription leaves an Indiana city with no easy answers

By Megan Thielking

Heavyweights

The creator of the pig-human chimera keeps proving other scientists wrong

By Usha Lee McFarling

Health

Families bear the burden of this disease in silence. Pope Francis made us into a community

By Mona Gable

Pharma

Stung by surging prices, hospital pharmacies cut back on pricey drugs

Business How a doctor stirred national demand for the Bridge detox device — without solid evidence it works
Health Their genes put them at high risk of Alzheimer’s. So they’re experimenting — on themselves
Hospitals Hospitals prepped — and spent big — for the eclipse. It was a bust
First Opinion Not all vegan or plant-based diets are equally healthy
First Opinion Why did the Trump administration pull the plug on programs to prevent teen pregnancy?

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Health

WATCH: See how a superbug is created

By Hyacinth Empinado

In the Lab

The tiny fish that has helped unlock the mysteries of human disease

By Hyacinth Empinado

Boddities

How well do you know your body? Take our quiz

By Megan Thielking

Video

WATCH: The man with the most famous brain in science

By Jeffery DelViscio

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