Category: Health
10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy New Year
As a health reporter who’s been following nutrition news for decades, I’ve seen a lot of trends that made a splash — and then sank….
Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals
The rate of serious medical complications increased in hospitals after they were purchased by private equity investment firms, according to a major study of the…
This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging
This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist made a half-inch incision through the skin of his chest. She removed a…
Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion
Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical giant, said on Friday that it would acquire Karuna Therapeutics, which makes drugs to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, in…
How Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Surgery Became a Big Business
Later in 2020, Ms. Lavelle also complained to the board, describing how she had been traumatized by her daughter’s tongue-tie release. The lactation board, which…
Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo
Stephanie Scanlan learned about the shortages of basic chemotherapy drugs this spring in the most frightening way. Two of the three drugs typically used to…
Amanda Serrano wants to fight 3-minute rounds. Will boxing respond?
Amanda Serrano was overcome with pure joy. Her face lit up as the scorecards were read and several featherweight championship belts were placed on her…