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December 11, 2019 at 2:16 pm

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals VIEW

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects more hospice care...

December 11, 2019 at 7:55 am

New drugs show rare promise against advanced breast cancer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Doctors on Wednesday reported unusually good results from tests of two experimental drugs in women with an aggressive form of breast...

Nation & World

In this Nov. 22, 2019, photo, Charles Flagg, who is stricken with Alzheimer’s disease, makes a peanut butter sandwich for lunch at his family home in Jamestown, R.I. Flagg is participating in a study on the drug Aducanumab. New results were released on the experimental medicine whose maker claims it can slow the decline of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) RICK207 RICK207

December 5, 2019 at 9:08 am

Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists...

Nation & World

November 27, 2019 at 2:00 pm

MRIs of dense breasts find more cancer but also false alarms

Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of...

November 26, 2019 at 10:47 am

1 year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babies

Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies. One year later, mystery surrounds his fate as...

November 18, 2019 at 10:49 am

New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new...

Business

November 16, 2019 at 11:01 am

Business

October 2, 2019 at 10:45 am

Group pulls video that stirred talk of designer babies

A government-funded group that’s leading efforts to set standards for gene editing has pulled a video it posted in the wake of concern about how...