Medicine

A relatively new procedure, ECPR, improves on traditional CPR, but it may be difficult to implement nationwide

The active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic reduced the risk of heart attacks and strokes in a large trial of people with cardiovascular disease who were considered overweight or had obesity, but the cost and side effects remain barriers

As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future.

Surgeons transplanted part of a face and an entire eyeball into a man with severe electrical burns. He is not yet able to see out of the eye, but preliminary evidence suggests it may retain some function

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection?

A growing arsenal of genetically tailored oncology treatments have spectacular results, but scope and access remain limited

Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach

Scientists have developed an ultrasound device to detect aggressive breast cancer that may develop between screenings

Advances are increasing the supply of organs. But this isn’t enough. Enter the genetically modified donor pig

Surgeons transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the second time ever, and the recipient survived for six weeks

Doctors want to ban the term “excited delirium,” which has been cited as a possible factor in high-profile police killings of George Floyd and others but is not a recognized medical diagnosis