Gina Kolata

‘It will consume your life’: 4 families take on rare diseases

July 7, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

Ninety-five percent of them have no known therapies. They are overlooked by most scientists, and some illnesses may be untreatable, even if they are understood. And what research there was...

For a big price, cancer drug buys small amount of time

August 22, 2021 at 2:27 a.m.

It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death's door. By chance, her doctor noticed a lump under her arm during...

Medical experts doubt Landis claim

August 21, 2021 at 5:27 p.m.

A day after his cycling team announced that he had tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the Tour de France, Floyd Landis continued to proclaim his innocence Friday....

Anthrax missteps mold future plan

August 20, 2021 at 2:31 a.m.

On Sept. 8, employees of Inova Fairfax Hospital in northern Virginia rehearsed their response to a mock terrorist attack that would overwhelm the medical system with hundreds or thousands of...

OVERDOSING THE ELDERLY

August 10, 2021 at 5:48 a.m.

Dr. Philip Westbrook, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, thought his mother-in-law had Alzheimer`s disease. She was confused and anxious. She seemed...

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