A comic commentary on medicine from the publication “Puck.” A pharmacist dispenses alcohol, opium, cocaine, arsenic, and other strong “medicines. Artist Dalyrimple, 1900 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)
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Category: 5. Health
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A routine eye treatment is raising new concerns for glaucoma patients
New research from Nagoya University in Japan has identified a previously overlooked risk associated with widely used eye ointments. The study shows that petrolatum-based eye ointments can cause a popular glaucoma implant to swell and, in some…
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Five Takeaways From The 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
The author Juergen Eckhardt, pictured center, speaking this week at a panel on medical innovation hosted by the WuXi Global Forum, at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
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This week, I had the pleasure of attending the annual J.P….
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New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity across the U.S. and Canada remains high.
Although cases are trending downward in Canada as of Jan. 9, 2026, the season has yet to peak in the U.S., according to data from…
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President Trump Unveils New ‘Great Healthcare Plan’. Here Are The Unanswered Questions And Uncertainties
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. During the event, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the…
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Vitamin A may be helping cancer hide from the immune system
Researchers at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have uncovered new ways a vitamin A-derived molecule can interfere with the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. The molecule, known as all-trans…
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One protein may decide whether brain chemistry heals or harms
Tryptophan is widely known for its connection to sleep, but its importance goes much further. The compounds produced from tryptophan help build proteins, generate cellular energy (NAD+), and create essential brain chemicals such as serotonin and…
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Hopping Mad Over Drug Company Product Hopping
The medicines on these shelves might result from product hopping
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Corrected, Jan. 15, 2026: This story originally stated that the state of California had sued Gilead. It has been updated to note that many individual plaintiffs sued the…
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Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT – APRIL 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) A nurse wearing an N95 mask adjusts IV equipment hanging outside a COVID-19 patient’s door in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit (ICU), on April 24, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. (Photo…
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Color blindness hides a key warning sign of bladder cancer
For most people with bladder cancer, the first red flag is literally red: blood in the urine. But for people with color blindness, that warning sign may be easy to miss — and missing it could prove deadly.
An analysis of electronic…
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