Gina Kolata

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Surgery for Blocked Arteries Is Often Unwarranted, Researchers Find

The findings of a large federal study on bypass surgeries and stents call into question the medical care provided to tens of thousands of heart disease patients with blocked coronary arteries, scientists reported at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association on Saturday.

Scientists Designed a Drug for Just One Patient. Her Name Is Mila

A new drug, created to treat just one patient, has pushed the bounds of personalized medicine and has raised unexplored regulatory and ethical questions, scientists reported Wednesday.

Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice.

Public health officials for years have urged Americans to limit consumption of red meat and processed meats because of concerns that these foods are linked to heart disease, cancer and other ills.

Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients May Not Need Open-Heart Surgery

The operation is a daring one: To replace a failing heart valve, cardiologists insert a mechanical replacement through a patient’s groin and thread it all the way to the heart, maneuvering it into the site of the old valve.

Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients May Not Need Open-Heart Surgery

The operation is a daring one: To replace a failing heart valve, cardiologists insert a mechanical replacement through a patient’s groin and thread it all the way to the heart, maneuvering it into the site of the old valve.

Surgeons Labored to Save the Wounded in El Paso Mass Shooting

The woman, grievously wounded in the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, lay on an operating table at the University Medical Center of El Paso as the chief of surgery, Dr. Alan Tyroch, turned her to clean the exit wounds. He knew what to expect, but it was still a horrific sight. She had two gaping holes the size of a man’s fist in her side and a third the size of a silver dollar where bullets had burst from her body.

'Partly Alive': Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs

In a study that raises profound questions about the line between life and death, researchers have restored some cellular activity to brains removed from slaughtered pigs.

'Partly Alive': Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs

In a study that raises questions about the line between life and death, researchers have restored some cellular activity to brains removed from slaughtered pigs.

Osteoporosis Drug Deploys Genetic Tool to Build Bone

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved an osteoporosis drug that represents the first new treatment approach in nearly two decades — a strategy based on a rare gene mutation in people with bones so dense that they never break.

Most Osteoporosis Drugs Don't Build Bone. This One Does.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved an osteoporosis drug that represents the first new treatment approach in nearly two decades — a strategy based on a rare gene mutation in people with bones so dense that they never break.

Most Osteoporosis Drugs Don't Build Bone. This One Does.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved an osteoporosis drug that represents the first new treatment approach in nearly two decades — a strategy based on a rare gene mutation in people with bones so dense that they never break.

Most Osteoporosis Drugs Don't Build Bone. This One Does.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved an osteoporosis drug that represents the first new treatment approach in nearly two decades — a strategy based on a rare gene mutation in people with bones so dense that they never break.

For Trebek, the Toughest Question: Can He Face Down Pancreatic Cancer?

The cancer that has struck Alex Trebek, the 78-year-old host of the television quiz show “Jeopardy!,” is uncommon and devastating: a Stage 4 malignancy of the pancreas, the insulin-producing organ that lies behind the stomach.

A High-Tech Pill to End Drug Injections

Here was the challenge for bioengineers: Find a way for patients to take drugs — like insulin or monoclonal antibodies used to treat cancers and other diseases — without injections.

Sickle-Cell Patients Dreamed of a Cure. Enter Gene Therapy.

Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has been only modest progress against an inherited condition that mainly afflicts people of African descent.

The Bullet Lodged in His Knee. Then the Injuries Really Began.

Dr. Henry Lynch, 91, dies; found hereditary link in cancer

He hand-drew family trees, with squares for men and circles for women, marking who got cancer and what kind. He was soon insisting to a doubting world that he had found compelling evidence of genetic links.

Study opens up a gap between life and death

In a study that raises profound questions about the line between life and death, researchers have restored some cellular activity to brains removed from slaughtered pigs.

For many boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy, bright hope lies just beyond reach

(Science Times): Lucas was 5 before his parents, Bill and Marci Barton of Grand Haven, Michigan, finally got an explanation for his difficulties standing up or climbing stairs. The diagnosis: muscular dystrophy.

Tens of thousands of heart patients may not need open-heart surgery

The operation is a daring one: To replace a failing heart valve, cardiologists insert a replacement through a patient’s groin and thread it all the way to the heart, maneuvering it into the site of the old valve.