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New York thoracic surgeon: "For many patients 9/11 is not over"(statnews.com)

79 points by EA-3167 1 month ago | 33 comments

My husbands suicide shows theres something very wrong with US insurance industry(statnews.com)

61 points by Jimmc414 3 months ago | 36 comments

Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever(statnews.com)

46 points by mfld 4 months ago | 37 comments

The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients(statnews.com)

115 points by randycupertino 5 months ago | 121 comments

Pfizer ended up passing on my GLP-1 work back in the early '90s (2024)(statnews.com)

93 points by rajlego 10 months ago | 39 comments

A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.(statnews.com)

190 points by geox 10 months ago | 181 comments

UnitedHealth pays its own physician groups 17% more than outside ones(statnews.com)

42 points by brandonb 11 months ago | 35 comments

Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unraveled(statnews.com)

59 points by toomanyrichies 1 year ago | 43 comments

The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-function research(statnews.com)

49 points by maxall4 1 year ago | 29 comments

I was a Theranos whistleblower. Here's what I think Elizabeth Holmes is up to(statnews.com)

84 points by iancmceachern 1 year ago | 43 comments

The end of compounded GLP-1 drugs leaves many patients in a ‘lose-lose’ position(statnews.com)

30 points by djoldman 1 year ago | 35 comments

CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration(statnews.com)

103 points by pmags 1 year ago | 30 comments

CDC cuts expected to decimate Epidemic Intelligence Service(statnews.com)

44 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 10 comments

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies(statnews.com)

49 points by frigidwalnut 1 year ago | 11 comments

Scientists find links between Alzheimer's, herpes, and head trauma(statnews.com)

98 points by wglb 1 year ago | 29 comments

Promising early data in triple negative breast cancer(statnews.com)

6 points by doener 1 year ago | 1 comments

Bird flu infections undetected(statnews.com)

33 points by cduzz 1 year ago | 38 comments

Sequencing wastewater may be key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak(statnews.com)

59 points by ethbr1 2 years ago | 20 comments

Four more health care workers ill after caring for bird flu case in Missouri(statnews.com)

87 points by divbzero 2 years ago | 2 comments

How a scientist is pushing to supersize research into ultra-processed foods(statnews.com)

57 points by jyunwai 2 years ago | 60 comments

Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden cheeseburgers and sandwiches(statnews.com)

6 points by cwwc 2 years ago | 1 comments

One man's DNA became a pillar of genetics(statnews.com)

8 points by chapulin 2 years ago | 0 comments

Microbiome composition varies based on sampling time, mouse study finds(statnews.com)

20 points by wjb3 2 years ago | 4 comments

CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air(statnews.com)

120 points by chapulin 2 years ago | 76 comments

Brain biopsies on 'vulnerable' patients at Mt Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA(statnews.com)

73 points by chapulin 2 years ago | 42 comments

Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure(statnews.com)

474 points by leeny 2 years ago | 204 comments

STAT News article reporting scientists documenting the first transmitted Alzheimer's cases, linked to past treatment with cadaver-derived human growth hormone.

HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated <14(statnews.com)

130 points by ellingsworth 2 years ago | 73 comments

Medical schools do not prepare students to care for autistic or disabled people(statnews.com)

137 points by wjb3 2 years ago | 124 comments

US spent more on health care in 2022 than 6 countries combined with universal(statnews.com)

90 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 160 comments

FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease(statnews.com)

498 points by divbzero 2 years ago | 215 comments

STAT News article reporting the FDA's December 2023 approval of Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based medicine, for treating sickle cell disease.

Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study(statnews.com)

52 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 55 comments

What can medicine do for people with genes for ALS?(statnews.com)

61 points by swid 3 years ago | 53 comments

Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules(statnews.com)

83 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 105 comments

Analysis: Health care CEOs hauled in $4B last year as inflation pinched workers(statnews.com)

83 points by leotravis10 3 years ago | 107 comments

Scientists unfroze rat organs and transplanted them(statnews.com)

68 points by gmays 3 years ago | 30 comments

The NIH poured $1B into long Covid research, with little to show for it(statnews.com)

117 points by belltaco 3 years ago | 102 comments

Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out?(statnews.com)

159 points by greyface- 3 years ago | 64 comments