A protein found in bats could have “therapeutic potential” for humans. (Getty Images)It’s been a busy week in health news — from saying goodbye to COVID public health and mpox global health emergencies to ushering in a new era of over-the-counter birth control... More »
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow the federal public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic to expire, but not everyone sees it as a cause for celebration. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra had renewed the emergency ... More »
Published9 MayShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Naomi GrimleyGlobal Health CorrespondentKnocking on doors to check on people's health and catch problems before they escalate is common practice across Brazil. But could that approach work in the... More »
The raccoon dog did it: That was the explosive takeaway of a genomic analysis conducted in March by a trio of scientists who had scrutinized data from a market in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic was thought to have begun.Until then, evidence for that convicti... More »
Water nausea, as it turns out, is actually a lesser-understood phenomenon, so I spoke with Dr. Supriya Rao — who is quadruple board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, obesity medicine, and lifestyle medicine — to further explain these experience... More »
Dr. Joseph Varon comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on Nov. 26, 2020 in Houston. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)Friday’s declaration by the World Health Organization that the coronavirus emer... More »
In a first-of-its-kind procedure, physicians performed a successful in utero surgery to repair a rare and potentially deadly prenatal condition in a fetus. In utero surgery has been used for other conditions, but this is the first time it has been attempted to... More »
Donanemab is not a cure and comes with significant side effects, but patients had longer periods of independent living while on the drug.The drug manufacturer Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday that a clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug showed it ... More »
Most cannabis products that you can buy legally list the amount of THC they contain. However, if you’re consuming an edible that isn’t packaged, it’s almost impossible to tell how much THC, the psychoactive ingredient, is in food, drink, or smoking products. G... More »
George Resch, who goes by TankSinatra on social media, recently mentioned that he had an addiction to the over-the-counter nasal spray Afrin. “I have been congested for a year,” he said on the podcast Meme Daddies.How does that happen? Plenty of over-the-count... More »
ARFID is different from eating disorders that cause people to restrict calories due to a fear of gaining weight or because they have a distorted body image. Instead, people with the eating disorder might have sensory issues or they might have experienced a tra... More »
With all the changes in cosmetic surgery trends — from lip injections to implants and filler removal — we asked plastic surgeons about the process of dissolving fillers and whether there are any risks associated with the reversals that are making headlines.Thi... More »