Children were recently discovered to have been exposed to high levels of lead in Milwaukee schools — the latest episode in an ongoing toxic pandemic. This time, no help was forthcoming from the CDC.

In vitro fertilization is clearly a successful technology, although it remains experimental; the safety and efficacy of new methods and reagents can be difficult to assess. And “traditional ...

The author describes pronuclear transfer, a type of mitochondrial donation, which was made available to women with mitochondrial DNA disease in a reproductive care pathway implemented in Newcastle, ...

Children born to women who carry pathogenic variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are at risk for a range of clinical syndromes collectively known as mtDNA disease. Mitochondrial donation by pronuc ...

AI mammography aids are being sold as additions to mammography screening, with direct-to-consumer marketing touting improved cancer-detection rates, despite a lack of evidence of clinical effective ...

Audio Interview from the New England Journal of Medicine — Interview with Arthur Robin Williams on alcohol consumption in the United States and the effects of alcohol taxes.

Intravenous thrombolysis remains a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours after onset. Vascular reocclusion may occur after intravenous thrombolysis and may be preventable wi ...

During 2018–2024, the percentage of N. gonorrhoeae isolates carrying tetM, which confers tetracycline resistance, increased from less than 10% to more than 30% across the United States.

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In 2006, a prospective observational study first showed that physical activity after a colon cancer diagnosis was linked to a decreased risk of recurrence and death.1 Since then, numerous observati ...

“Corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry toward higher levels of integrated control by consolidated profit ...

Grieving her father after his sudden death, a resident finds herself paralyzed by fear that her lack of knowledge will cause harm to patients.