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What a hair loss breakthrough could mean for women like me
I vividly remember the moment my hair began to fall out. I was kneeling over a bath, washing it in a hotel room one Saturday evening, getting ready for my friend's 40th birthday celebration. Seventeen days earlier, I'd…
Trying to solve problems with insurance, tattoo artists and breast cancer survivors
Some women who undergo arduous treatments due to breast cancer turn to nipple and areola tattoos as a way to reconnect with their bodies, but not all insurance covers the process.
Heat, bugs, germs: U.S. public health prepares for the World Cup
For months ahead of the World Cup, states and cities have been preparing to protect travelers and local communities from potential threats including foodborne illness and infectious diseases. AILSA CHANG, HOST: From mi…
New cases of genital herpes are increasing in England, bucking an overall fall in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the latest data shows. Nearly 29,000…
Brazilian health officials are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, potentially the country's first in over 20 years, due t…
Congo confirmed 282 Ebola cases (264 in Ituri province), with a rare strain having no approved vaccine, worsening due to violence and terrain. Only 45% of cont…
The midwife's notes were short and to the point. The three letters - "FOH" - that she had written on a whiteboard next to names of heavily pregnant women were…
A pill has been found to almost double the survival time for advanced pancreatic cancer patients, with experts describing the trial as a game changer. The dru…
Brazil quarantined two travelers with possible Ebola symptoms from Congo, one testing negative, while Congo’s outbreak exceeds 1,000 cases, raising global tran…
Simple checks are spotting young women with silent heart issues that puts them at risk of their heart stopping suddenly, known as sudden cardiac death (SCD), s…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO are leading efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which lacks a licensed vaccine or…
Claude Lemieux, 3x Stanley Cup winner, will donate his brain to Boston University’s CTE Center to aid research on repeated head trauma. His donation highlights…
Ebola cases in eastern DRC exceed 1,000 with 246 deaths, spreading faster than response efforts, per MSF. WHO cites conflict and unsafe funeral practices as ma…
Nigeria faces a surge in unverified herbal remedies marketed on social media, risking health complications like asthma and organ stress, as seen with the Jinja…
