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A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-or-death decisions in a…
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A psychiatrist, he ran New York-Presbyterian after a landmark merger, improving its patient care and finances and raising money to…
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance of diversity.Academic conferences…
Biodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making infectious diseases more dangerous to organisms around…
After being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer when she was 23, she became determined to educate other young people about…
Using powerful technologies, scientists found staggering amounts of lead and other toxic substances in the composer’s hair that may have…
People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer’s, say researchers, who proposed a…
A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. “I want to be…
Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can…