Medicine(Page 4)

Insights into the healthcare system and the latest in pharmaceutical development.

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Kidney transplant sensor on researcher fingertip

This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair

Kid with blonde hair wearing a blue COVID mask holding books and a backpack on the first day of school

How to avoid getting COVID again

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Doctor and patient in office

Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?

By Martha Bebinger/KFF Health News

Professor Garry Duffy and Dr Rachel Beatty show the soft robotic implant developed by University of Galway and MIT

This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem

Doctor pouring pills in hand from bottle.

AI may influence whether you can get pain medication

By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead/KFF Health News

woman smelling flowers in field.

Allergy drops could be an at-home alternative to shots

By Esther Landhuis/Undark

pregnancy test in hands

Extreme heat could be a threat to contraception

By Shefali Luthra/The 19th

Microscopic image of individual cell tattooed with gold array

Why medical engineers tattooed a single cell with gold

A mother holds a hand of a tiny newborn baby. Postpartum depression is a leading cause of maternal mortality.

FDA approves first postpartum depression pill

By Laura Baisas

A newborn baby's hand with a hospital bracelet around his or her wrist. RSV sends about 58,000 children under five to the hospital, and kills 100 to 300 infants every year in the United States.

RSV antibody shot will be available for babies in the US this fall

By Laura Baisas

Fluorescent dye shows the growth of teeth and bones.

Glowing dye lets us peek inside growing bones and teeth

Patient with brain microchip implants atop head

First-of-its-kind AI brain implant surgery helped a man regain feeling in his hand

The general atmosphere at HBO's The HeLa Project Exhibit For the film adaptation of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" on April 6, 2017 in New York City. Two women stand by a portrait of Lacks wearing a red dress.

Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells changed medicine—and her family is finally getting compensated

By Laura Baisas

Side view of woman's hand feeding horseback on sunny day

Why studying horses could help humans stay healthy, too

By Jane Manfredi/The Conversation

boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter

New weight loss drugs are confusing, expensive, and inaccessible to some older patients

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Futuristic doctor performs medical procedure on astronaut in space with robotic arms. Saturn can be seen outside of the spaceship window. Illustrated in blues and pinks.

5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones

By Tatyana Woodall

Airplane in a clear sky.

Flying with human organs for transplant is tricky—a new law could help

By Colleen DeGuzman/KFF Health News

No guts left behind: Iceland’s quest to repurpose fish waste

By Lela Nargi/Hakai Magazine

A preterm baby in an incubator in a neonatal intensive care unit. RSV sends about 58,000 children under five to the hospital every year in the United States.

FDA approves long-acting medication to protect babies from RSV

By Laura Baisas

Rows of birth control pills with the days of the week on the label.

FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US

By Laura Baisas

Screenshot of inching magnetic soft robot

This magnetic robot could worm its way into human blood vessels

A doctor points to multiple MRI's of the brain. A newly approved drug targets beta-amyloid, a brain protein that has long been believed by scientists to be one of the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s-slowing drug Leqembi gains full FDA approval

By Laura Baisas

Person making online purchase.

Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases

By Simon Fondrie-Teitler/The Markup, Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Prescription bottles

Rural patients could suffer if the DEA restricts telehealth prescribing

By Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News

A Cryo-EM map of a Fanzor protein indicated by gray, yellow, light blue, and pink in complex with ωRNA indicated in purple and its target DNA in red. Non-target DNA strand in blue.

These organisms have a natural gene-editing system that could be more useful than CRISPR

By Laura Baisas

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball

Scores of critical lab tests fall into a regulatory void. The FDA is trying to close it.

Scores of critical lab tests fall into a regulatory void. The FDA is trying to close it.

By Anna Clark/ProPublica

Karyotype of human chromosomes including sex chromosomes XY and XX

Men lose Y chromosomes with age, and it might increase their risk of bladder cancer

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

back of head, ponytail

Families flee states amid restrictions on gender-affirming health care

By Bram Sable-Smith, Daniel Chang, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Sandy West/KFF Health News

An old scale used for calculating body weight.

New medical policy finally address the limitations and flaws of BMI

By Laura Baisas

Stressed doctor with fluorography

Primary care doctors are fed up and burnt out

By Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News

Why scientists have a hard time getting money to study the root causes of outbreaks

Why scientists have a hard time getting money to study the root causes of outbreaks

By Caroline Chen / ProPublica

Honeybee with medical sensor attached to back

This bee’s tiny backpack could one day monitor human hearts

Meningococcal bacteria under a microscope. According to the World Health Organization, meningitis caused an estimated 25,000 deaths in 2019.

Meningitis shot that fights 5 different strains shows promise in latest trial

By Laura Baisas

A person wearing running shorts holding their thigh on a beach, potentially wondering what happens when you pull a muscle, because they probably just did.

Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle

By Nicole Wetsman

Asian person with mid-length gray hair rubbing temples because of chronic pain

Doctors recorded brainwaves to finally ‘see’ their patients’ chronic pain

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Two doctors performing lab tests, one looking into a microscope and the other using a pipette.

A once-forgotten antibiotic could be a new weapon against drug-resistant infections

By Laura Baisas

AI isn’t ready to act as a doctors’ assistant

AI isn’t ready to act as a doctors’ assistant

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Box of iHealth COVID rapid tests being distributed at a school before the US COVID public health emergency ended

Your guide to COVID testing for the unforeseeable future

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

This soft robotic skull implant could change epilepsy treatment

This soft robotic skull implant could change epilepsy treatment

By Sara Kiley Watson

A diverse crowd of people.

What is a pangenome? Scientists just released their first draft.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

An older woman sits on a hospital bed.

FDA approves first RSV vaccine for adults after 60 years in the making

By Laura Baisas

CDC zombie preparedness guide comic panel from 2011

That time the CDC got people hyped for a zombie apocalypse

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Close-up of patient's neck with a wearable ultrasound patch

A tiny patch can take images of muscles and cells underneath your skin

Fluorescent dye shown crossing the blood-brain barrier into the brain via sound waves.

Scientists have developed a new way to fight a nearly untreatable brain cancer

By Laura Baisas

How to understand your prescription’s fine print

How to understand your prescription’s fine print

By Brad Reisfeld/The Conversation

Black truck with purple screen that says "pharmacists know mifepristone saves lives" driving around Phoenix during abortion pill lawsuits

Banning the abortion pill would harm veterans, cancer patients, and many others

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Side by side of Australian thorny devil lizard and ingestible medical capsule

A cutting-edge appetite stimulator was inspired by the thorny devil lizard

Do children really need root canals?

Do children really need root canals?

By Christina Szalinski/Undark

A lab technician in a glove swabs a circular petri dish.

FDA approves first fecal transplant pill

By Laura Baisas

A woman just waking up in bed turns off an analog alarm clock.

That melatonin gummy might be stronger than you need

By Laura Baisas

Ozempic injectable diabetes drug, which causes weight loss

6 Ozempic facts that make sense of social media hype

New therapies offer hope for patients with rare genetic conditions

New therapies offer hope for patients with rare genetic conditions

By Elie Dolgin/Knowable Magazine

Dermatologist checking moles on skin cancer patient's back

5 skin cancer-care tools you should look out for

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

New Zealand’s wild pigs could be a source of much-needed donor organs

New Zealand’s wild pigs could be a source of much-needed donor organs

By Bill Morris/Undark

The court ruling banning the abortion pill is based on bogus science

The court ruling banning the abortion pill is based on bogus science

By Jamie Rowen and Tami S. Rowen/The Conversation

Gloved hand holding up edible battery above its ingredients on table

This rechargeable battery is meant to be eaten

Oxford malaria vaccine application kit

Ghana is the first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

By Jamie Helmick

Most residencies happen near city hospitals—which can be a problem for rural patients

Most residencies happen near city hospitals—which can be a problem for rural patients

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez/KFF Health News

A masked lab worker uses a pipette and a test tube.

White House invests $5 billion in new COVID vaccines and treatments as national emergency ends

By Laura Baisas

A doctor examines a child's throat with a tongue depresser.

Kids all over the US are getting strep, but antibiotics are hard to come by

By Laura Baisas

A woman holds an ultrasound photo of a baby.

Nearly 18 percent of the global population struggles with infertility

By Laura Baisas

Red and pink pill on yellow background with Swiss army knife coming out of it to symbolize off-label use of medications. Illustrated.

Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how?

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A medical professional holds a nasal spray version of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug.

FDA approves first over-the-counter opioid overdose treatment

By Laura Baisas