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Penis Microbes Linked to Increased Risk of HIV Infection
A study of Ugandan men identified several bacterial strains associated with a higher likelihood of acquiring the virus
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Should Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Always Include Finishing a Prescribed Medication?
A group of experts takes a controversial stance on how to control superbugs
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Biologics: The Pricey Drugs Transforming Medicine
Rather than being designed by chemists, this class of pharmaceuticals is produced by living cells. Here's where they come from and how they work
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Medicine's Movable Feast: What Jumping Genes Can Teach Us about Treating Disease
Ancient viruses “fossilized” in the genome may contribute to maladies from autoimmune diseases to schizophrenia
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Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics
Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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What Do We Know about the Brain Cancer Plaguing Sen. John McCain?
An oncology expert discusses treatment options for aggressive glioblastoma
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When Older Drugs are Better Drugs
Pharmaceutical firms want doctors to use the newest medications on the market—but that’s not always the right choice
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Why the Most Powerful Treatment for Diabetes Turns Out to Be Surgery
Surgery that shortens intestines gets rid of the illness, and new evidence shows the gut—not simply insulin—may be responsible
What Would It Take to Get an Effective Alzheimer’s Drug?
Clinical trial failures kick off a search for new approaches
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The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelic "Medicines"
Psychiatrist John Halpern discusses the psychotherapeutic potential of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics
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Major Science Report Lays Out a Plan to Tamp Down Opioid Crisis
The National Academies report includes recommendations for federal agencies, states and medical personnel
Biotech
Novel Gene Therapy for Leukemia Clears FDA Panel
The experimental treatment will now face review by the agency
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Vaccine Shows Protection against Gonorrhea for First Time
The shot was designed to protect against a strain of meningitis
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Improved Vaccination Rates Would Fall Victim to Senate Health Cuts
Public health experts warn that more kids and families would go without shots
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FDA Approves First Sickle Cell Drug in 20 Years
Approximately 100,000 people in the U.S. have the disorder
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Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald Named New CDC Director
The incoming chief was a two-time Republican candidate for Congress
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Untreatable Gonorrhea on the Rise Worldwide
Nonprofit group helps marshal trial of a new antibiotic in an attempt to beat back resistant infections
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Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborn’s Dangerous Bacterial Infection
Some celebrities take such therapies, claiming health benefits
Biotech
Genomic Vaccines Fight Disease in Ways Not Possible Before
Vaccines composed of DNA or RNA, instead of protein, could enable rapid development of preventives for infectious diseases
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Tests for Lyme Disease Miss Early Cases—but a New Approach Might Help
Standard methods often fail to catch infections during the first month
