STAT+: STAT examines America’s deadliest drug
“Under-babied.” Dr. Oz said that’s the name for a condition that affects one-in-three Americans. I guess that means over-babied is the condition of having too many kids, but then what do you
PCOS’s new name is PMOS, a small letter change that required a big scientific process
PCOS is dead. Long live PMOS. Revealed Tuesday, the one-letter change in nomenclature for a common metabolic condition in women may seem unremarkable, but it follows more than a decade of vigorous
STAT+: Alcohol is wreaking havoc on U.S. public health. American society looks the other way
It is a drug that kills nearly 500 Americans every day, and causes more deaths in a typical year than every infectious disease combined. It is manufactured abroad and domestically, then sold
STAT+: Patients jockey for exemptions from Medicaid’s new work requirements
WASHINGTON — Patient groups are jockeying for exemptions from Medicaid work requirements, but the unusually fast implementation timeline for states is causing headaches. Federal officials have until June 1 to tell states
STAT+: Despite its toll, alcohol is still an awkward subject in the doctor’s office
Stop in for your annual physical, and you may be asked some version of this question: How much alcohol do you consume most weeks? Or maybe, how many days over the last
6 takeaways from STAT’s investigation into the U.S. alcohol epidemic
A beer at a ballgame. A cocktail at dinner. Champagne toasts at a wedding. To most Americans, alcohol is an innocuous part of everyday life, so commonplace as to go unnoticed. But
Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Justice
STAT+: Trump pivots on kratom derivative 7-OH, floating approval for some forms
President Trump on Monday suggested the federal government could move to approve some forms of 7-OH, an opioid derived from the naturally occurring kratom plant. “We’re looking very seriously at natural 7-OH
No FDA permission, no problem: New flavored vape policy worries experts
The tobacco industry chalked up another win on Friday with a new policy announced by the Food and Drug Administration that gives what one expert called a “get-out-of-jail-free card” to some manufacturers
The connection between periods and mental health
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