Health
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A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This
Driving home from work in Northern California five years ago, a young woman was so overwhelmed with depression that all…
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Losing Your Hair? You Might Blame the Great Stem Cell Escape.
Every person, every mouse, every dog, has one unmistakable sign of aging: hair loss. But why does that happen? Rui…
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Johnson & Johnson to Seek F.D.A. Authorization for Booster Shot
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is planning to ask federal regulators early this week to authorize a booster shot of…
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Tallying the Cost of Growing Older
Say you’re a 65-year-old looking ahead, wondering about your health and your finances, pondering what life might be like in…
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Is the Coronavirus Getting Better at Airborne Transmission?
Newer variants of the coronavirus like Alpha and Delta are highly contagious, infecting far more people than the original virus.…
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Youth Vaping Declined Sharply for Second Year, New Data Show
Teen use of electronic cigarettes fell sharply in 2021, the second consecutive year of big declines, according to the government’s…
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How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests?
In the early months of the pandemic, getting a coronavirus test typically required visiting a health care center, a laboratory…
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For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care
Piper, a 17-year-old transgender girl, says she knows she is fortunate. She lives just outside Atlanta, with a supportive family…
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Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’
Dr. Seema Doshi was shocked and terrified when she found a lump in her breast that was eventually confirmed to…
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‘I Need an Army’: Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid Tests
SAN ANTONIO — One recent Thursday, Ciara Brown, a junior at Fox Tech High School in San Antonio, stepped up…