WashU research could help people with deep depression
People living with treatment-resistant depression — a disease that antidepressants can’t tackle and that can keep a person…
For the first time, a CRISPR drug treats a child’s unique mutation
WITHIN DAYS after KJ was born in Philadelphia in August 2024 it was clear that something was wrong.…
Big Pharma is using tariffs to hold Europe to ransom – POLITICO
What we need is to work across Europe to build world-class, publicly controlled medical research capacity. Then, rather…
A Mexican pharmacy chain revolutionised health care at home
Farmacias Similares can seem an unserious business. Employees dressed as the company’s mascot, the moustachioed “Dr Simi”, dance…
Ranitidine still widely used five years after global ban over cancer risk, India to assess safety
The Drugs Technical Advisory Board, the country’s top drug advisory body, has called for a detailed reassessment of…
North Texas girl to become first patient to receive treatment for rare genetic disorder
An 11-year-old from Rowlett is set to make medical history as the first person in the world to…
Republicans’ plan for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is becoming clearer.
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UK to test transgender children for autism, mental illness
The U.K.’s National Health Service will begin examining children referred to gender clinics for autism, under new rules…
A healthcare revolution is happening in the quiet streets of a Melbourne suburb
I’ve seen the future of an important part of Australia’s healthcare system — it’s called Adeney Private. It’s…
Rewriting genetic destiny — Harvard Gazette
In 2022, Alyssa Tapley was 13, suffering from T-cell leukemia, and facing a grim prognosis after existing treatments…