Medicine

Some medical debt collectors are trying to collect bills that have already been paid. Here are some questions you can ask that can protect your wallet.

A clinical trial is testing whether an existing drug could benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease, in hopes of making symptom-improving medication more accessible for people experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

Tom McAnulty hates asking for help, but right now, he has no choice.

A retired Massachusetts state trooper has spent his life helping others — but now, he’s in need of help as he searches an organ donor following a kidney failure diagnosis. Tom McAnulty lives in Walpole with his wife of over three decades, Kathleen. The two were looking forward to their retired lives, when Tom received life-changing news in 2020. “Out…

After spending nearly a year at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, conjoined twins Amari and Javar Ruffin were successfully separated.

Forty years after the Hatch-Waxman Act created a market for affordable generic versions of prescription medications, it is struggling with persistent shortages.

Is Novo Nordisk helping Americans save taxpayer money or ripping them off? The company’s CEO is scheduled to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms, but new research could one day lead to lives being saved. Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester discovered that using something called nanoparticles can effectively shrink tumors in mice. They hope to someday move this research to human trials and be able to save lives. “If we are successful and…

The late-stage trial on tirzepatide also found that patients experienced sustained weight loss over the roughly three-year treatment period.

Federal regulators on Tuesday sent warning letters to several drugmakers, taking issue with patents on popular drugs for weight loss, diabetes, asthma and other reparatory conditions.

President Joe Biden often overstates what people who are eligible for the price cap for insulin paid previously.

A doctor who was once a good fit might not always meet the needs you have now. Here are some signs that it’s time to find a new one.

A drug company is recalling some of its ADHD and narcolepsy medication because the bottles may contain the wrong pills inside. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a notice published last week that Azurity Pharmaceuticals is recalling one lot of Zenzedi 30-milligram dextroamphetamine sulfate tablets. The move comes after a pharmacist in Nebraska found carbinoxamine maleate tablets,...

A growing number of states are offering dental care to low-income adults who once had to rely on charity or the emergency room to treat their tooth problems.

After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Heightening the alarm: the medical field’s reckoning with longstanding health inequities.

A medical device the size of a dinner plate was left inside a woman’s abdomen for 18 months.

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked an 8-centimeter (3-inch) wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

New York surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally.

Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients.