Category: 5. Health

Two decades ago, some of the biggest names in tech attempted to transform how individuals manage their health data. Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google Health both launched with bold…

As we continue our series exploring genetic medicine, both in this story and in Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, gene therapy stands at a crossroads. On June 16, Sarepta Therapeutics announced a second patient death following…

Several new studies have identified biomarkers of COVID-19 and long COVID, which can tell us more about what causes the diseases. These findings can also help find ways to diagnose and treat long COVID, or…

When you lose your health insurance or switch to a plan that skimps on preventive care, something critical breaks.

The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine checkups. Warning…

Walking around my neighborhood in the evening, I am hit by the smells of summer: fresh-cut grass, hamburgers grilling and a hint of swimming pool chlorine. These are also the smells of summers from my adolescence, and they remind me of…

Procuring lifesaving drugs is a daunting challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Essential treatments are often neither available nor affordable in these nations, even decades after the drugs entered the market.

Prospective…

When people decide it’s time to eat healthier to lose…

Facing a recommendation for spine surgery can certainly spark…