Medicine
To Advance Medicine’s Future, NIH Tries to Win the Trust of Mistreated Communities
The agency hopes to enroll 1 million people in its precision medicine effort
STAT
Biology
This Is Why Science Loves Twins
They help with tough issues like facial recognition technology and nature vs nurture
Policy
Under GOP Health Care Bill, States Would Struggle to Hang onto Obamacare
States that expanded Medicaid would be particularly hard hit
Public Health
Catholic Hospitals are Multiplying, Boosting Their Impact on Reproductive Health Care
Abortions and tubal ligation numbers have dropped
Public Health
Scientists Urge Caution about Study Linking Flu Vaccine to Some Miscarriages
Authors say result, based on small numbers, contradicts earlier works and prompts deeper digging
Public Health
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden to Launch New Global Health Initiative
He wants to tackle trans fats and lower salt content, among other challenges
Neurology
Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis
Are probiotics for MS next?
Medicine
Most Experimental Drugs are Tested Offshore–Raising Concerns about Data
90 percent of new therapies approved this year had testing outside the U.S. and Canada
Medicine
IBM Pitched Its Watson Supercomputer as a Revolution in Cancer Care. It's Nowhere Close
Three years after IBM began selling Watson for Oncology to recommend cancer treatments to doctors, it's falling short of the lofty expectations IBM created for it
Public Health
Do Prostate Cancer Screenings Significantly Reduce Deaths?
New findings reignite controversy about current recommendations
