Tag: Diagnosis and treatment
Indiana lawmakers send abortion ‘reversal’ bill to governor
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have approved a bill requiring doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment that could stop the...
Florida House moves to limit transgender students in sports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers moved closer to requiring transgender athletes to undergo testosterone or genetic testing — as well as submit to having...
US agency says women can get abortion pill via telemedicine
WASHINGTON — Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor's office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health...
Unusual treatment shows promise for kids with brain tumors
For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science’s best tools. Now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment: Dripping millions...
Immune-boosting drug may help before lung cancer surgery
A drug that helps the immune system fight cancer gave dramatic results when used with chemotherapy before surgery in patients with operable lung tumors,...
Hernandez 2nd Rangers reliever to have Tommy John surgery
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Texas Rangers right-hander Jonathan Hernandez had ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow Monday, just less than two weeks after...
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and that option has become all...
Letter: Prison shouldn’t shackle women who just had babies
ATLANTA — Women at a Georgia prison who have given birth just days or weeks earlier are improperly and inhumanely shackled and placed in...
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe...
Woman recovering after rare windpipe transplant from donor
NEW YORK — Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years “trying to catch every breath at every moment" after extensive treatment for...