Thanks to remarkable advances in both detecting and treating cancer, young children who are diagnosed with various forms of the disease have an 80% chance of surviving into healthy adulthood.
World’s Second Larynx Recipient Speaks: ‘The Doctors Found My Voice’
Brenda Charett Jensen, 52, the second-ever recipient of a voice-box transplant, uttered her first words two weeks after surgery — and 11 years after losing her voice when a breathing tube damaged her airway during surgery. They …
Why You Shouldn’t Snuggle with Your Pooch in Bed
It isn’t just dog trainers and the occasional finicky spouse who want you to keep your pets off the bed. A new report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases found that of the 250 known zoonotic diseases, which are …
Experimental Melanoma Drug May Help Extend Patients’ Lives
The results of a promising recent clinical trial showed that an experimental drug prolonged life in patients with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The drug, manufactured by Swiss drug giant Roche, targets a specific …
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The Tiger Nanny: The Missing Link in the Parenting Debate
With all the fuss over the harshness of Amy Chua’s unrelenting “tiger mother” parenting style — the discussion, which was sparked by a Wall Street Journal excerpt of Chua’s new memoir about motherhood, made its way onto the …
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Philly Abortion Horrors: What Matters Is How and Not When an Abortion Is Done, Says Expert
Warren Hern, likely the last U.S. doctor to openly specialize in abortions performed late in pregnancy, authored a textbook on how to properly do abortions. In it, he quotes a colleague, Robert Crist, who had experience with …
Scatological Success: Fecal Transplants to Treat Bacterial Infections?
Here’s a real head-scratcher: would you eat someone else’s feces to treat your own diarrhea?
Why People Reject Things That Keep Them Safe
When it comes to health and safety, Americans tend not to take the best precautions: we text behind the wheel, overeat, exercise too little and smoke and drink too much. Add to that the fact that we also tend to be unable to …
Study: This Is Your Brain On Improv
Dr. Charles Limb has spent more than 10 years studying the brain activity of musicians as they improvise.
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Why the Pa. Abortion Doc’s Case Is About Poverty, Not Roe v. Wade
Depending on where people fall in the reproductive rights vs. fetal rights debate, their views on abortion doctors are different.