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Sleep Apnea Is Different for Women
The risky disorder often follows a different pattern in women that may get overlooked
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Mental Health
It’s Time to Take Delirium Seriously
The most common complication of hospitalization for older patients can often be prevented
Medicine
The Case for Fewer Heart Procedures
For some of the most common cardiac conditions, medication is a solid alternative
Fitness
How Gut Microbes Shape Our Response to Drugs
The human microbiome activates some medicines, inactivates others and provokes side effects
Neurology
It’s Time to Shift Tactics on Alzheimer’s Disease
After a string of drug failures, researchers are looking beyond amyloid as a target
Medicine
Are Pricey New Drugs Better Than Old Ones?
Most of the time we don't know if they are better than the old ones
Public Health
The Cancer-Obesity Time Bomb
Malignancies are on the rise in the most obese generation in history
Medicine
When Vitamin Pills Are Too Much of a Good Thing
Taking megadoses of vitamins can be risky, as a recent study shows
Fitness
How to Prevent Food Allergies
Feeding infants allergenic foods may be the key to preventing allergies
Public Health
Genomic Surveillance Could Make a Big Difference in the Fight against Malaria
It can flag pathogens long before patients show up in clinics
Medicine
Is Pot Any Good for Treating Pain?
The data are spotty, but there’s still a reasonable case to be made
Neurology
The Sleep-Dementia Connection
Could a better nighttime rest help delay the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?
Mental Health
A Three-Hour Fix for Phobia, a Four-Day Therapy for OCD
Brief but intensive treatments are proving to be effective for many anxiety disorders
Fitness
Are All Our Organs Vital?
Even the appendix and tonsils are less expendable than we thought
Biotech
How Virtual Reality Will Transform Medicine
Anxiety disorders, addiction, acute pain and stroke rehabilitation are just a few of the areas where VR therapy is already in use
Fitness
What Ails a Woman’s Heart
The more we look, the more we find sex differences in cardiovascular disease
Biotech
How to Cultivate a Warm Computer-Side Manner
There’s a right way for doctors to integrate technology into patient care
Public Health
Why Oral Cancer Threatens Men
Researchers wrestle with rising rates of throat cancers caused by common papillomaviruses
Medicine
How to Help Pain Patients Cut Back on Opioids
The search is on for safe, effective ways to taper the drugs for people in chronic pain
Medicine
The So-Called Right to Try Law Gives Patients False Hope
A new law to let dying patients access unapproved drugs raises false hope
