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A blood test called a PSA can help screen men for prostate cancer but it can also lead to unnecessary treatment.

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The pros and cons of PSA tests for prostate cancer for midlife and older men

With Biden's prostate cancer in the news, men may be wondering whether and at what age to be screened. Advice about the value PSA tests has fluctuated. Here's what to know.

May 22, 2025
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  • Ronnie Cohen
Some patients experience pain or discomfort with the insertion of an IUD for contraception. New guidelines urge doctors to offer pain treatment.

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Doctors urged to treat pain for IUD insertion and other procedures

A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.

May 20, 2025
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  • Sarah Boden
KJ Muldoon, who was born at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in August, reaches out to doctors after being treated for a rare genetic disorder using CRISPR technology.

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A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.

May 15, 2025
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  • Rob Stein
A universal vaccine against flu wouldn't have to be updated to match seasonal changes in circulating strains.

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Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists

The Trump administration has launched a $500 million project to develop a universal flu vaccine that won't need yearly updates. But vaccine experts are mystified by its focus on a dated technology.

May 13, 2025
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  • Rob Stein
Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility's mental health services, with help from behavioral health services director Kerri Dandy (left), nursing director Jen Dau (third from left) and outreach navigator Jill Barr.

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Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.

May 08, 2025
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  • Tony Leys
Adelaide Tovar, a postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Michigan, prepares cell samples in a science laboratory on campus. Tovar is one of about 200 young scientists who will lose research funding because the Trump administration abruptly ended the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program. (Mike Hawkins)

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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers

The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

April 28, 2025
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  • Brett Kelman
Two new studies suggest that stem-cell treatments may be getting closer to becoming widely available for Parkinson's patients.

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Stem cells to treat Parkinson's? 2 small studies hint at success

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

April 17, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
Towana Looney, who received a genetically modified pig kidney in November 2024, had the organ removed after her body rejected it.

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Pig kidney transplant fails after patient rejection

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

April 11, 2025
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  • Rob Stein
Researchers integrated four organoids that represent the four components of the human sensory pathway, along which pain signals are conveyed to the brain. Stimulation of the sensory organoid (top) by substances, such as capsaicin, triggers neuronal activity that is then transmitted throughout the rest of the organoids.

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Pain pathway in a dish could aid search for new analgesic drugs

Scientists have recreated a pathway that senses pain, using clusters of human nerve cells grown in a dish.

April 10, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
Researchers hope AI can help with the shortage of mental health providers.

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The (artificial intelligence) therapist can see you now

Many AI products claim to deliver mental health therapy, but with little quality control. But new research suggests with the right training, AI can be effective at helping people.

April 08, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
New tests of blood and spinal fluid could help doctors quickly identify patients who would most benefit from treatment.

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  • Science

Latest Alzheimer's lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer's disease.

April 03, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
Michigan State beat Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 round of March Madness on Friday in Atlanta. The sheer number of games to bet on in a short time makes the NCAA tournament popular with legal sportsbook games.

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March Madness is a season for betting, but help for problem gambling is hard to find

For people with gambling disorder, the proliferation of gambling opportunities makes it difficult to fight their addiction. Investment in treatment lags behind other addiction disorders.

March 29, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, speaks at a conference in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 26, 2015. Love died on March 23, 2025, from an aggressive type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

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Doctors still seeking cure for brain cancer that struck former Utah Rep. Mia Love

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died three years after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a brain cancer that is nearly always fatal.

March 25, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
Compounded alternatives to Zepbound are on the way out.

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  • Health

Patients scramble as cheaper obesity drug alternatives disappear

Compounding pharmacies have been allowed to essentially make a cheaper version of Eli Lilly's Zepbound, but they have to stop Wednesday. That has left many patients wondering what to do next.

March 19, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Long COVID patients haven't stopped pushing for more research funding to find treatments for their condition, including this protest in Washington, D.C. in 2022.

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5 years since the pandemic started, long COVID patients are still hoping for a cure

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

March 12, 2025
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  • Will Stone
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