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She Had a Headache for Months. Then She Could Barely See.

The 61-year-old woman put on her reading glasses to try to decipher the tiny black squiggles on the back of the package of instant...

Why False Positives Merit Concern, Too

The ever-increasing availability of virtual platforms might make that transition easy for some, Dr. Mazer said. But for people whose work can only be...

Respecting Children’s Pain – The New York Times

The second goal was to make pain understood. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Eccleston said, research has elucidated the pain system, including the...

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

“It looks like a normal child playing with their normal games, but as a researcher who studies childhood obesity, the branded products really stood...

Pfizer CEO All but Rules Out Covid-19 Vaccine Before Election Day

After weeks of dangling the possibility of coronavirus vaccine results by October, Pfizer’s chief executive said on Tuesday that would now be nearly impossible.The...

Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79

Dr. Joyce Wallace, a Manhattan internist who treated prostitutes for AIDS, occasionally brought streetwalkers home with her when they had nowhere else to go.Once,...

Covid-19 Deaths: The Price for Not Wearing Masks is Perhaps 130,000 Lives

Follow our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here.Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus,...

UnitedHealth Ships Flu Kits to Medicare Recipients

With Covid-19 hospitalizations spiking again in many parts of the country, public health officials have expressed concerns about a perennial source of strain on...

Do You Have the Heart for Marijuana?

His team reported, “Although marijuana is smoked with fewer puffs, larger puff volumes and longer breath holds may yield greater delivery of inhaled elements.”...

Colon Cancer Screening Should Start Earlier, at Age 45, U.S. Panel Says

Adults should start screening for colorectal cancer routinely at the age of 45, instead of waiting until 50, a government task force recommended on...

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