How Gut Microbiome Research Became a Serious Drug Development Field
Microbiome research has moved into genuine clinical drug development...
Gene Editing Just Restored Hearing and Vision in Early Clinical Trials
Gene-editing trials have restored hearing and slowed inherited vision loss in early patients, marking some of the technology's first tangible medical wins outside the lab.
Why Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Are Getting a Major Overhaul
Colorectal cancer diagnoses are rising among adults under 50, prompting major medical bodies to lower recommended screening ages, upending a guide...
Sleep Scientists Are Rethinking the Eight-Hour Rule
New sleep research is complicating the decades-old eight-hour rule, with...
Hospitals Are Building New Wards to Handle a Surge in Teen Mental Health Visits
Pediatric emergency departments are seeing a sustained rise in adolesce...
Your Smartwatch Is Now a Cardiology Tool, Whether Your Doctor Is Ready or Not
Smartwatches are catching heart irregularities before patients notice...
The GLP-1 Boom Is Reshaping Who Gets Access to Weight-Loss Drugs
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs work better than almost anything that came before them. Figuring out who gets access — and who foots the bill — has turned into one of health care's thorniest debates.
What a Decade of Wildfire Smoke Is Doing to Cities That Rarely Used to See It
Smoke from distant wildfires is now a recurring visitor to cities hundreds of miles from any flame, and public health officials are still working out how to respond.