Medicine Stories for 2024

Marketing Cancer Drugs To Physicians Increases Prescribing Without Improving Mortality 33
Synchron Readies Large-Scale Brain Implant Trial 22
Are Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Fake? 90
Groundbreaking Trial To Grow 'Mini Liver' From Patient's Own Lymph Node 20
'Russia Might Have Caused Havana Syndrome' 188
America's FDA Forced to Settle 'Groundless' Lawsuit Over Its Ivermectin Warnings 350
AI Surpasses Doctors In Spotting Early Breast Cancer Signs In NHS Trial 57
More Than Half of Chickenpox Diagnoses Are Wrong, Study Finds 52
Neuralink Shows First Brain-Chip Patient Playing Online Chess Using His Mind 52
Intermittent Fasting Linked To Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Death, Research Suggests 107
EPA Bans Chrysotile Asbestos 98
5-Year Study Finds No Brain Abnormalities In 'Havana Syndrome' Patients 38
Paul Alexander, 'The Man In the Iron Lung', Has Died 76
Why Are So Many Young People Getting Cancer? What the Data Say 207
Surgeons Perform UK's First Operation Using Apple's Vision Pro Headset 47
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' To Officially Be Removed from Food Packaging, FDA Says 39
Microscopic Plastics Could Raise Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack, Study Says 57
Ransomware Attack Hampers Prescription Drug Sales at 90% of US Pharmacies 81
Microplastics Found In Every Human Placenta Tested In Study 105
Covid Death Toll in US Likely 16% Higher Than Official Tally, Study Says 311
Air Pollution Could Be Significant Cause of Dementia 64
FDA Warns Against Using Smartwatches and Smart Rings To Measure Blood Sugar 50
University of Alabama Pauses IVF Services After Court Embryo Ruling 309
Early Blood Test To Predict Dementia Is Step Closer As Biological Markets Identified 39
AI Cannot Be Used To Deny Health Care Coverage, Feds Clarify To Insurers 81
A Chatbot Helped More People Access Mental-Health Services 25
EPA Proposes 'Forever Chemicals' Be Considered Hazardous Substances 51
Biogen Dumps Dubious Alzheimer's Drug After Profit-Killing FDA Scandal 29
Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found In the Human Digestive System 47
Neuralink Implants Brain Chip In First Human 107
Amid Recall Crisis, Philips Agrees To Stop Selling Sleep Apnea Machines In the United States 61
UK To Ban Disposable Vapes 131
Scientists Document First-Ever Transmitted Alzheimer's Cases, Tied To No-Longer-Used Medical Procedure 30
Exercising 25 Minutes a Week Increases Brain Volume - and May Slow Memory Decline 62
The Cancer That Doctors Don't Want to Call Cancer 163
New Blood Test That Screens For Alzheimer's May Be a Step Closer To Reality, Study Suggests 75
Gummy Vitamins Are Just Candy 143
CDC Now Encouraging Doctors To Consider More Blood Testing For 'Forever Chemicals' 65
Cameroon Starts World-First Malaria Mass Vaccine Rollout 54
Potential Cancer Vaccine Entering Stage 3 Trials 71
How Scientists are Fighting Drug-Resistant Superbugs with Phages 39
Hospitals Owned By Private Equity Are Harming Patients, Reports Find 199
Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk 29
The Billionaires Spending a Fortune To Lure Scientists Away From Universities 77
New 'MindEar' App Can Reduce Debilitating Impact of Tinnitus, Say Researchers 50
Consumer Reports Finds 'Widespread' Presence of Plastics In Food 37
Drones Are the New Drug Mules 34
World's First Partial Heart Transplant Grows Valves and Arteries 17
ChatGPT Bombs Test On Diagnosing Kids' Medical Cases With 83% Error Rate 70
New Antibiotic Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria 63
Will 2024 Bring a 'Major Turning Point' in US Health Care? 154