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‘A cavalier approach’: Experts urge the companies behind brain wearables to rein in their claims

By Megan Thielking

Spina Bifida
Exclusive

‘She’s wiggling her toes’: New fetal surgery for spina bifida may be safer for both baby and mom

By Usha Lee McFarling

Football 1961
Health

Former NFL players die at a faster rate than other professional athletes, study finds

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Alexandra Glorioso
Health

‘I was a 31-year-old kid in a way’: How a cancer diagnosis changed a health care reporter

By Rebecca Robbins, Damian Garde, and Adam Feuerstein

Thomas Insel
Health

California names former Google scientist as the state’s ‘mental health czar’

By Kate Sheridan

BUTEMBO-EBOLA
Health

The Ebola response effort is struggling. Experts say these steps could help

By Helen Branswell

Ancestry Testing confusion illustration
Health

‘What’s my real identity?’: As DNA ancestry sites gather more data, the answer for consumers often changes

By Damian Garde

Play
Health

Watch: How did the amyloid hypothesis go from promising to perilous in the search for Alzheimer’s treatments?

By Damian Garde and Alex Hogan

Peter L. Zhu
Health

Judge rules parents of deceased West Point cadet can decide what happens with his sperm

By Andrew Joseph

Lung Cancer Cell - blue and pink
Health Tech

Google’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows

By Casey Ross

Dana Farber Cancer Institute exterior
Health

Dana-Farber prevails in immunotherapy dispute over patents behind blockbuster drug

By Elizabeth Cooney

Mental health concept illo
Health

Mental health care accounts for a growing number of private insurance claims, report finds

By Megan Thielking

brainHQ training screenshot
Health

Brain training shows promise as a treatment for veterans’ cognitive problems after TBI

By Sharon Begley

Fruit plate
Health

Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer

By Associated Press

Health

Experimental brain-controlled hearing aid can pick out voices in a crowd

By Sharon Begley

Beni - Hospital beds outside
Health

Could an emergency declaration over Ebola make a bad situation worse?

By Helen Branswell

Human Embryo reproduction
Health

German ethics council expresses openness to eventual embryo editing

By Sharon Begley

Command Center illustration
Health

Hospitals look to computers to predict patient emergencies before they happen

By Casey Ross

Vaccines
Health

This doctor posted online in favor of immunization. Then vaccine opponents targeted her

By Liz Kowalczyk — Boston Globe

Rockland County Measles
Health

What a Grand Rabbi’s request might teach us about combating vaccine hesitancy

By Eric Boodman

Bobby Jenks
Hospitals

Former Red Sox pitcher settles claim with doctor, MGH for $5.1 million

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

BREASTFEEDING
Health

FDA takes new steps to bolster research on pregnant and lactating women

By Megan Thielking

Rotten eggplant
Health

How genetically engineered viruses — and a rotten eggplant — prolonged a teenager’s life

By Eric Boodman

Coca-Cola 6-pack
Health

Study pulls back curtain on contracts between Coca-Cola and the researchers it funds

By Andrew Joseph

Pregnant woman in profile
Health

Many pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, CDC report finds

By Megan Thielking

Ebola Vaccines
Health

WHO broadens the pool of people who can get the Ebola vaccine

By Helen Branswell

Butembo - epidemiologist
Health

‘On a knife edge’: Ebola outbreak threatens to escalate as violence rises

By Helen Branswell

Bernardo Goulart
Health

Study highlights challenges in using artificial intelligence to personalize cancer treatment

By Casey Ross

International Space Station
In the Lab

You’ve heard of ‘organs on a chip.’ Now ‘tissue chips in space’ test conditions in microgravity

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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