Latest by Marilynn Marchione

Published on November 27, 2022 - Page 19
Claire Dinneen's daughters thought worsening dementia was causing her growing confusion, but her doctor suspected something else. Dr. Pei Chen asked...
Published on May 18, 2021 - Page 7
If Priscila Medina had gotten COVID-19 a year ago, she would have had no treatments proven safe and effective to try. But when the 30-year-old nurse...
Published on May 16, 2021 - Page 17
An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength...
Published on April 20, 2021 - Page 8
For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science’s best tools. Now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment: Dripping...
Published on April 17, 2021 - Page 18
Federal officials on Friday reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research. The changes clear the way...
Published on March 23, 2021 - Page 15
John Abraham’s colonoscopy was postponed for several months because of the pandemic. When he finally got it, doctors found a growth too big to be...
Published on January 25, 2021 - Page 6
Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the...
Published on January 25, 2021 - Page 6
U.S. regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection...
Published on January 4, 2021 - Page 3
Two recent studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found people who...
Published on December 21, 2020 - Page 5
Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but virus experts say it’s...