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A single gene-editing infusion from Verve Therapeutics permanently disabled the PCSK9 gene in the liver, reducing LDL cholesterol by an average of 62% in patients with inherited high cholesterol, with effects lasting at least six months.…

Trial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes

The risks and benefits of common screenings, procedures and drugs add up differently at advanced ages.

Counselors passed out art supplies at a Dallas mental health workshop last month, encouraging participants to express their emotions. One woman held up a collage with an image of a bare tree, witho…

As a deadly Ebola outbreak spreads in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Direct Relief is preparing to ship $2.5 million in medicine and medical supplies to treat patients, protect health worker…

Since an outbreak of Ebola was announced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Jericho Road Wellness Clinic in Goma, in the country’s east, has seen an influx of frightened patients. “They d…

HISTORIC LAUNCH TO LOWER DRUG PRICES FOR AMERICAN PATIENTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced an expansion of TrumpRx.gov to provide

Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system in lupus, Graves’ disease and other conditions where the body’s defenses go rogue

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Nearly half of patients would switch providers after a bad payment experience. Billing isn't a back-office problem. It's a loyalty problem.

A single intravenous ketamine infusion can rapidly reduce severe depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a University of Connecticut review of 26 clinical trials.

Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded.

The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.

Doctors and nurses say hit drama paints a mostly realistic picture of the frontline of emergency medicine

As breakthrough drugs offer critical hope to patients, lawmakers should focus on shoring up the social safety net

Over 60 per cent of patients in the study did not need to contact their GP at all after nine months of weight loss jabs

Nothing is more personal than illness and healing. So medical memoirs are not monolithic, and are written by doctors, patients, the loved ones of the sufferers, and others. The eight memorable memo…

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