Health Law Repeal Will Miss Trump’s 100-Day Target Date
At least 18 House Republicans oppose the latest version of the American Health Care Act, and leaders can lose no more than 22 to win passage if all members vote.
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Credit Winning While Pregnant: How Athletes Do It
Serena Williams won the Australian Open in her eighth week of pregnancy, a time when many women are dead tired and suffering from morning sickness.
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Inexpensive Drug Prevents Deaths in New Mothers, Study Finds
Postpartum hemorrhage, which kills 100,000 women in developing countries, can be treated with a nearly forgotten blood-clotter invented in the 1950s.
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CreditJacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Anthem Threatens to Leave Health Exchanges if Subsidies Are Halted
The insurer’s earnings beat expectations, but it warned it could withdraw from some marketplaces or raise rates if the government does not continue co-payment subsidies for low-income people.
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CreditGiselle Potter An Older Dad, Down for the Count
My daughter’s adolescence arrived with my 60th year, and the girl had a mean left jab. Were we both getting too old for horseplay?
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Credit Diabetes Tied to Brain Abnormalities
People with Type 2 diabetes had brain changes in areas related to memory and planning.
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CreditCaitlin Ochs for The New York Times Learning to Talk Like a Woman (or Man)
A growing number of speech language therapists cater to transgender clients seeking to retrain their voices.
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CreditGetty Images The Best Thing to Eat Before a Workout? Maybe Nothing at All
Fasting before exercise may have beneficial effects on fat cells.
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CreditPaul Rogers The Weekly Health Quiz: Beer, Soda, Eating and Exercise
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Cell Wars: The Science of Immunotherapy
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CreditJoshua Bright for The New York Times How to Find Clinical Trials for Experimental Cancer Treatments
Most major cancer centers post the trials in which they participate on their websites. But other sites show more options.
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CreditAl Drago/The New York Times In Cancer Trials, Minorities Face Extra Hurdles
As immunotherapy research takes off, the patients getting the treatment have been overwhelmingly white. Researchers know this and say they are trying to correct it.
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Public Labs, Corporate Gains
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CreditJesse Dittmar (left) and Emily Berl (right) for The New York Times Harnessing the U.S. Taxpayer to Fight Cancer and Make Profits
Public funding is backing a new immunotherapy treatment, but the bulk of any profits will go to a private company. So are taxpayers getting a good deal?
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CreditLeft: Lynn Donaldson for The New York Times Right: Laura McDermott for The New York Times Cancer-Free: One Recovery Inspires Another — and Could Help Thousands
The science reporter Denise Grady writes about the connection between two immunotherapy success stories.
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CreditLaura McDermott for The New York Times 1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery
The recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, may help doctors develop new treatments for other patients.
