Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision.

She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two surgeries last year because she opted to have her doctor use a laser to assist with the procedure.

Chalala, 69, chose that method over the ...Read more

Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues.

“I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

The ...Read more

Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially thorny factors, including geographic incompatibility, and financial and time considerations.

Simply finding an appropriate trial can present an enormous hurdle. In a recent online survey of more than 2,000 adults,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia Veterans Affairs doctor is leading a national trial testing whether GLP-1 drugs could help patients with alcohol use disorder.

The treatments, which work by mimicking a natural hormone in the body, have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years for diabetes and weight loss. People have also reported unexpected ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A newborn baby from Lancaster County was among the two unvaccinated residents whose deaths were associated with measles, Pennsylvania health officials said Wednesday.

The state disclosed the age of one of two measles-related deaths announced Tuesday, both involving Lancaster County residents. Their deaths were the first in ...Read more

Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no.

During winter, your energy tends to dip, your immune system takes a hit and you may feel less social. Research finds that people are less inclined to stick to a workout routine in winter.

In contrast, spring’s longer days...Read more

The “bible” of clinical psychiatry – the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – is one of the most popular psychiatry reference books around the world. Clinicians use it to diagnose patients and scientists use it to guide research.

Despite its wide impact, the DSM has never integrated ...Read more

For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.

Pancreatic cancer is so deadly in part because there are no effective screening tests, and it rarely causes...Read more

Costco is preparing to bring its signature bulk savings to the healthcare industry through a proposed partnership with SCAN Health Plan (SCAN). While the co-branded Medicare Advantage and Medigap options are still awaiting official approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the plan signals a major shift in how seniors ...Read more

Deep, vibrant green broccoli, its large flowering heads arranged tree-like atop thick stalks, stand tall as one of the healthiest and widely consumed vegetables.

The folklore

This native to the Mediterranean was derived from cabbage by the Etruscans, an ancient Italian civilization. Its name comes from the Italian word “broccolo” or “the...Read more

Surgery can take a toll on the body, and it takes time to recover. How quickly and successfully you return to normal function depends on such factors as the type of surgery, your overall health, and whether any complications occur. To support a smooth recovery, medical centers use several strategies, including encouraging people to start walking...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My teens love being on their school’s sports teams. But in recent years, I’ve seen more stories about kids, and even professional athletes, having issues with their hearts during games. What can you tell me about this?

ANSWER: From football and lacrosse to volleyball and basketball, sports conditioning requires stamina and...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear.

Although she hasn’t dispensed any, On plans to keep them on hand. “It’s good to ...Read more

California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs.

If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, ...Read more

“No more operations,” he said.

It was mid-January 2026, and my then-73-year-old husband, Mike Salmon, had just started bouncing back from a three-month ordeal of three operations related to aortic aneurysms, sepsis, and a terrifying descent into delirium tied to a stay in the intensive care unit. Now, after another potentially fatal aortic ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm getting a new driver's license and am thinking about checking the "organ donor" box for the first time. I don’t know anyone who’s been an organ donor, and my family and friends haven’t talked about this. Can anyone donate?

ANSWER: People of many ages, backgrounds and health histories may be eligible to become organ ...Read more

Northwestern University economist Chuck Manski studies decision-making amid uncertainty. That prepared him better than many other cancer patients to decide whether to stay on an immunotherapy treatment that was making him very ill.

For six months in 2022, Manski received monthly infusions of nivolumab to fight advanced melanoma. The drug ruined...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Two people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, state officials said Tuesday, marking the first fatalities involving the highly contagious disease in the state in 35 years and the only measles-related deaths reported nationally so far this year.

Both were unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County, the center of a major ...Read more