Remdesivir shows modest benefits in coronavirus trial
Modest results from a federal trial of an experimental drug helped send the stock market soaring on Wednesday, another sign of the desperation for a...
For the first time in decades, more Americans are dying at home than in hospitals
For the first time in over a half century, more people in the United States are dying at home than in hospitals, a remarkable turnabout...
That new Alzheimer’s drug? Don’t get your hopes up yet
The company has not published the most recent analyses, and experts are mostly in the dark as to how well the drug works. It neither...
Scientists designed a drug for just one patient. Her name is Mila
The drug is believed to be the first “custom” treatment for a genetic disease. It's called milasen, after the only patient who will ever take...
That perplexing red-meat controversy: 5 things to know
Dietary guidelines from groups as diverse as the Department of Agriculture to the World Health Organization urge all of us to eat less red meat...
Eat less red meat, scientists said. Now other scientists say that was bad advice.
The new analyses are among the largest such evaluations ever attempted and may influence future dietary recommendations. They raise uncomfortable questions about dietary advice and...