Endometriosis, a condition in which uterine cells form lesions outside of the uterus, has been termed the ‘missed disease’ owing to its unknown cause, delays in diagnosis and disparities in treatment.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library A new treatment for endometriosis — a painful, chronic condition that around 190 million people live with — might be on
The medication fluoxetine, sold under the brand name Prozac, is recommended as a treatment for depression in children and adolescents in several clinical guidelines.Credit: Jb Reed/Bloomberg via Getty A single clinical trial of 40 children in Iran, published in 2006, might have wrongly swayed medical evidence in favour of using Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat depression
Hongkui Deng, who has been working on a trial involving iPSC transplants, is observed by students. By the age of 25, Mingyu, a pseudonym being used to protect her privacy, had already undergone two liver transplants and a pancreas transplant in an effort to treat her type 1 diabetes. In her ten years living with
China is making waves in global health care. The country’s biotechnology companies are producing medicines at a speed and cost that has drawn interest from the world’s largest pharmaceutical groups. They manufacture drugs and medical equipment used across the world. And the national health-care system is testing digital models that connect appointments, test results, follow-up
The UK government has six months to decide whether to terminate a deal worth more than $400 million between the country’s National Health Service and American software company Palantir. If one part of the NHS is already doing without Palantir, politicians are asking, why can’t the rest of the country? In 2023, the UK commissioned
The video opens with a man in his 80s slumped in a hospital bed, his face hollow as he scrunches his eyes. A jump cut advances the scene three days: the man is alert now, words gathering as he identifies his son. Six months later, he is pictured sitting upright, engaged in conversation. His gaze
