Year: 2023

New research offers a path toward transplants that can fix damage from a heart attack without causing life-threatening arrhythmias. View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson

Women’s breasts become less dense with age. Cancer may be more likely in breast tissue that is persistently denser over time, a new study suggests. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

Another batch of bills restricting medical treatment for gender transitions made their way through state legislatures this week. View original article Contributor: Mitch Smith

The Academies accepted millions of dollars from members of the Sackler family — including some who led Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin — even while advising federal officials on opioid policy. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

A court in the Netherlands ruled that a man who fathered at least 550 children in the past 16 years had lied to prospective mothers and fertility clinics. View original article Contributor: Claire Moses

The genomes of monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals are helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes

People who spoke two languages daily in their youth tended to score higher on memory tests later in life, the researchers found. View original article Contributor: Jaya Padmanabhan

NEW YORK — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults. The preliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are based on … Read more