Health
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Fertility Clinic Errors Collide With a Redefinition of ‘Personhood’
The clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define…
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A Quarter of Smokers Quit Under Menthol Bans, Study Finds
As public health groups pressure the Biden administration to impose a ban on menthol cigarettes, research suggests similar moves in…
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Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States
Doctors in six states where abortion is legal are using new laws to send abortion pills to tens of thousands…
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Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?
A ruling by the state’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide.
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Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid
N.I.H. researchers found notable differences between the immune systems and other physiological functions of patients with ME/CFS and those of…
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A State Court Ruling on I.V.F. Echoes Far Beyond Alabama
Frozen embryos in test tubes must be considered children, judges ruled. The White House called it a predictable consequence of…
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Old and Young, Talking Again
A society in which members of different generations do not interact “is a dangerous experiment,” said one researcher.
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Botched I.V.F. Liquid Destroyed Embryos, Lawsuits Claim
Patients have filed eight lawsuits against CooperSurgical, a major fertility company, which has recalled the faulty product.
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A Columbia Surgeon’s Study Was Pulled. He Kept Publishing Flawed Data.
The stomach cancer study was shot through with suspicious data. Identical constellations of cells were said to depict separate experiments…
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Abortions by Telemedicine and Mailed Pills Are Safe and Effective, Study Finds
The News Taking abortion pills prescribed through telemedicine and received by mail — a method used by growing numbers of…