More than half of cancer cases worldwide are associated with genetic mutations in p53, the…
Month: January 2020
New technology employing single cell genome sequencing of the parasite that causes malaria has yielded…
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health assessed the time trends in alcohol…
Only a tiny minority of people at risk for an opioid overdose actually are prescribed…
For decades, doctors have warned us about the health risks of smoking. However, their warnings…
A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only free-standing birth center in…
The website Nursing Home Compare, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is…
Among low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid, disruptions in coverage, or churning, decreased following the Affordable…
As food consumed in the U.S. becomes more and more processed, obesity may become more…
Despite the prestige of becoming a physician, 80 percent of medical students report a low…