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New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments

Three years ago, Jesús Tilano went to a hospital in a thickly…

This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging

This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist…

N.Y. Health Dept. Is Looking Into Bellevue’s Weight-Loss Surgery Program

The New York State Department of Health is scrutinizing Bellevue Hospital’s use…

The Sunday Read: ‘Bariatric Surgery at 16’ – The New York Times

Last fall, Alexandra Duarte, who is now 16, went to see her endocrinologist…

Possible Ways to Ease Drug Shortages

At several congressional hearings this year, ideas to fix drug shortages were…

‘I’m Scared to Death.’ Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo

Stephanie Scanlan learned about the shortages of basic chemotherapy drugs this spring…