Nicole Wetsman

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends doctors should ask their patients about all the drugs they use.

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Getting naloxone could require navigating insurance, stigma, lack of pharmacist education, and cost.

Sesame allergies are more common than previously thought.

Climate change might make the Eastern equine encephalitis virus more common in the United States.

A new AI system was able to identify cancer outcomes as well as human readers.

People with “Havana syndrome” have differences in their brains compared to healthy people.

We don’t know enough about the brain for you to control your smartphone with yours.

Delay in treatment during natural disasters can be detrimental for certain cancer patients.

Kids with special health needs are more likely to experience housing instability throughout childhood.

Zika causes neurodevelopmental delays in one-third of infants, according to a new study.

Researchers are eager to tap into the steadily expanding pool of health information collected from users by products like Fitbit, Clue, and the Apple Watch. But while these datasets could be a scientific treasure trove for scientists, they also pose…

A combination of two treatments rid mice of the retrovirus.

African American smokers tend to smoke fewer cigarettes, but have a higher risk of lung cancer.

There are plenty of reasons to watch the Women’s World Cup, which kicks off today at 3 p.m. with a game between the hosts, France, and South Korea: To follow the United States as they hunt for their fourth World Cup title (I’m stressed), to see…

People who could become pregnant shouldn’t take dietary supplements that contain vinpocetine, the Food and Drug Administration warned this week, because the synthetic ingredient could hurt a developing fetus. The warning comes after a report from the…

On an average day, the majority of air pollution in the United States comes from cars and powerplants. However, when wildfires start, they have an outsized impact on the quality of the nearby air—during wildfire season in the west, if an area has air…

CLINICAL CARE For young people with chronic illnesses, the transition into adult care can be uncharted—and dangerous—territory. Maria Ferris is a pediatric nephrologist at UNC Medical Center and specializes in children’s kidney disease. Yet despite…

DEADLY WAIT ‘As a climber, I’m offended, and as a physician, I’m horrified,’ Dr. Jeffrey Gertsch said. ‘It’s just a cattle call in a really dangerous place.’ It’s been a particularly deadly year on Mount Everest, with 11 people dying while attempting…

As the opioid epidemic took hold and expanded in the United States, physicians and medical organizations researched and created better guidelines for prescribing the drugs and preventing misuse. Those guidelines, though, have focused primarily on…