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Along with sperm, the in vitro procedure adds fresh mitochondria extracted from less mature cells in the same woman's ovaries. The hope is to revitalize older eggs with these extra "batteries." But the FDA still wants proof that the technique works and is safe.

Fertility Clinic Courts Controversy With Treatment That Recharges Eggs

The technique aims to rejuvenate a woman's eggs using mitochondria from cells extracted from her ovaries. A Toronto clinic's first births are due soon, and some doctors are worried about side effects.

HIV Outbreak Highlights A Rural County's Opioid Addiction Problem

A couple of weeks ago, Scott County public health nurse Brittany Combs started getting a lot more calls asking about STD testing.“We kinda just talked…

Farmer Magoichi Shigihara checks on his cucumber farm in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima prefecture, about 31 miles west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in May 2011. Testing shows radiation in foods grown and raised in Fukushima is back to pre-accident levels.

Eat Your Veggies! Even The Ones From Fukushima

Foods from Fukushima, Japan, are back to pre-accident levels of radiation but people still aren't eating them. One way to ease concerns: a chemical that blocks radioactive cesium from entering plants.

When It Comes To Medical Mistakes, Disclosure And Apologies Are Rare

Have you ever been injured, infected, or otherwise harmed by a medical mistake? If so, your story may be more common than you think. Recently, researchers…

PET Scan For Psychotherapy

A study from Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital has identified for the first time changes in the metabolic activity of…

Members of the activist group ACT UP, which has fought for the rights of people with AIDS, held a demonstration in New York's Times Square in 1992.

A Veteran AIDS Activist Has Déjà Vu From Ebola Panic

Activist Gregg Gonsalves issues a call to action in an essay in this week's New England Journal of Medicine: "Panic, Paranoia, and Public Health — The AIDS Epidemic's Lessons for Ebola."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods lean turkey, lower sodium cheese and whole wheat tortillas mix with local hydroponic lettuce to make wraps for elementary school students. (2013)

We Are Forgetting One Lesson, And It Starts In The School Cafeteria

Last week, the New England Journal of Medicinepublished an article about school lunches and nutritional “mandates” for the United States; a fascinating…

Nurses assist a new patient at an Ebola center in Liberia's Lofa County. As drug trials get underway, patients may receive experimental medicines.

Medical Experts Look For New Ways To Test Ebola Drugs

Can you run a clinical trial without a placebo group? That's one of the questions facing researchers in West Africa.

The average American consumes the equivalent of 19.5 teaspoons a day in added sugars, but there are no federal guidelines recommending a limit.

How Much Sugar Is Too Much? A New Tool Sheds Some Light

SugarScience, a website created by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, distills the findings of 8,000 scientific studies on the health effects of sugar. The takeaway? Eat less.

Dialysis giant DaVita HealthCare Partners is moving into the hospital business.

Kidney Dialysis Company Expands Into The Hospital Business

DaVita HealthCare partners, a provider of dialysis for kidney patients, says its expertise working with very sick patients can help hospitals expand into wellness and prevention.

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