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A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought
CAR-T cell therapy, originally developed for cancer, is showing ever more promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.
How the Whole-Grain Trend Went Wrong
Many whole-grain foods behave in the body much the same as the refined products they were meant to replace.
The ChatGPT Symptom Spiral
Be careful asking chatbots about your health.
The Man Holding MAHA Together
Can RFK Jr.’s book publisher keep the movement alive?
HHS Officials’ Year in Purgatory Is Ending
The Indian Health Service needs more clinical workers. The federal health officials being transferred to the agency don’t fit that bill.
The Family That Decided to Have Their Stomachs Removed
Māori families with a mutation for aggressive gastric cancer have had their stomachs preemptively removed. How do you live without one?
The Making of a Diagnostic Mind
“To me, the concept of the master diagnostician is that you’re never good enough,” one doctor said.
MAHA Has Been Given an Impossible Task
The Trump administration seems to be leaning on the movement as a distraction.
Don’t Get Sucked Into the War on Lice
It hasn’t been going well.