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A closely watched cardiovascular drug from Novartis failed in a pivotal study, the company said Friday, a major blow to the firm.

Social Media Use Among People Living with Chronic Pain: Cross-Sectional Study of Associated Factors Journal of Medical Internet Research

Officials decline to confirm whether death was one of two announced last week as Lancaster county outbreak grows A six-week-old child in Pennsylvania died from measles, the Lancaster county coroner has determined, following two measles-related deaths in the county last week. The determination comes…

Murder trial underscores how misunderstood postpartum illness is to experts and the general public, advocates say Kristina Delaney was five months postpartum when her husband saw something was very, very wrong. It was a Friday afternoon, and her husband had gone outside to make a phone call –…

The Asian longhorned tick nairovirus caused flu-like illness and thrombocytopenia in over 10% of tick-bitten patients studied in a China lab.

Study finds just one drink per day could raise risk of disease with impacts extending far beyond liver cancer Alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US have more than doubled over three decades, with new research showing that just one drink per day could raise cancer risk and that the impacts extend…

My friend Nicola Close, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a public health leader who made a major contribution to the field as chief executive of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH). Starting as its sole employee in 2007, she built an influential organisation currently employing…

First, Mass General Brigham split with Dana-Farber. Now its Medicare Advantage plan is dropping the cancer hospital.

After the failure of an experimental drug for Angelman syndrome, experts cautioned that there is still reason to think similar experimental medicines can succeed.

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The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits It is a hangover from our school days that September can feel like a time for getting back to the grind. As in January,…

The biggest barrier for a top schzophrenia treatment, Ionis' first approval for Alexander disease, and more biotech news

An organ transplant first, new details on ADA conference controversy, and more health news from Morning Rounds

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