Abortion Foes Scour Clinics' Trash For Discarded Records
Garbage has become an unlikely battleground in the abortion debate, as anti-abortion groups seek evidence of privacy violations in clinics' dumpsters.
Medical Treatments
Illicit Version Of Painkiller Fentanyl Makes Heroin Deadlier
U.S. drug officials have traced a sharp spike in the already climbing death toll from heroin overdoses to an additive — acetyl fentanyl. The fentanyl is being cooked up in clandestine labs in Mexico.
Texting Helps Low-Income Diabetes Patients Manage Insulin Dosing
Many low-income patients can't make multiple visits to the doctor, which is a problem if you're a diabetic trying to get insulin dosing just right. A text-based system made remote reports possible.
After A Divorce, What Happens To A Couple's Frozen Embryos?
Former spouses who disagree over whether their embryos can be destroyed have taken their case to court. In the process, one thing has become clear: how far the law lags behind reproductive technology.
Snooze Alert: A Sleep Disorder May Be Harming Your Body And Brain
A lack of sleep can increase the risk of traffic accidents, heart attacks, diabetes and maybe even Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. Yet most people with sleep disorders don't get treatment.
Study Suggests Some Treatment For Early Breast Cancer Is Unnecessary
A new study renews questions about how aggressively doctors should treat a very early form of breast cancer or pre-cancer.
Can Health Care Be Cured Of Racial Bias?
A growing body of research suggests that doctors' racial biases and other prejudices continue to affect the care patients received. Medical educators say self-awareness is an important first step.
Scientists Create Vomiting Machine To Learn How Norovirus Spreads
To investigate whether norovirus particles might form an infectious aerosol spray when a sick person vomits, researchers built a simulator that uses Jell-O instant pudding in explosive experiments.
Kansas Town Takes Dental Care To School
When parents register their kids at schools serving the poorest students in Olathe, Kan., they are asked an unusual question: Does your child have a dentist?
FDA Approves First Drug To Boost Women's Sexual Desire
The daily pill, called Addyi, modestly increased women's interest in sex in clinical tests. The approval was praised by some women's advocates as a milestone and condemned by others as irresponsible.