NEW YORK—As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as very low IQ and inability to speak. A first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday shows the rate of such “profound” autism is rising, though far slower than milder autism … Read more
Kidney cancer may well be the least-known common cancer in the U.S. An estimated 81,800 new cases will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2022, the disease was the eighth most common cancer, occurring more frequently than leukemia and thyroid cancer. Yet, when people are diagnosed, their reaction is often, … Read more
Nobody watching the Jan. 2, 2023 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals will forget the searing sight of Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf after an otherwise unremarkable tackle late in the game’s first quarter led to his cardiac arrest. Emergency CPR and the use of a defibrillator … Read more
The National Institutes of Health has not had a permanent director since December 2021, when its longtime leader stepped down. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley
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Experiments using mice found a malfunction in adult stem cells that offers insights into why we turn into silver foxes and vixens. View original article Contributor: Kate Golembiewski
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Farmers face an elevated risk of suicide. After Brenda Statz’s husband, Leon, lost his battle with depression, she is trying to spare others from his fate. View original article Contributor: Elizabeth Williamson
The future of access to the abortion pill in the U.S. may depend on where you live. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in June overturned national access to abortion, leaving the matter up to individual states, the nation has split: 27 states now allow abortion, while 13 states ban it, while the others either have … Read more