Stacey Burling

Los medicamentos recetados también se han abierto camino al exterior y pueden dar a futuros adictos su primera exposición a los opioides.

¿Realmente ayudan los opioides con dolores crónicos?

May 15, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Scott Gottlieb, comisionado de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA), le informó a The Washington Post esta semana que su agencia requerirá que las compañías farmacéuticas estudien si los...

Louis Colburn, left, shakes hands with Dr. Stephen Silberstein at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. Colburn sees Silberstein to receive shots for his migraines.

Migraine patients can now try three new drugs for prevention

August 19, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Until this year, migraine sufferers had to make do with drugs originally developed for other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure or depression. Now, there are three new drugs...

Jay Olshansky is a biodemographer at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a board member of the American Federation for Aging Research.

Hey Google, how long will I live? A reporter tests out lifespan calculators.

August 19, 2019 at 8:59 a.m.

It seemed to be as good a way as any to start researching an article on predicting lifespan. I asked Google, "How long will I live?" It offered me some...

The home improvement store has a very familiar refrain that features a <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/76368849.mp3">banjo featuring prominently</a>.

Driving while aging: How to ask seniors to give up the keys

April 6, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

Dolores Munson, 85, got tired last winter of waiting behind a police car that had made a traffic stop about a mile from her home. She swerved into the next...

CHICKEN POX VACCINE

August 19, 2021 at 6:06 a.m.

Ginny Schlussel, of Warminster, Pa., knows about the new chicken pox vaccine, but she is in no hurry to give it to her 2-year-old daughter, Maura. She figures she will...

ONE DAY AND OUT THE DOOR

August 9, 2021 at 8:12 p.m.

Robin Carter sat on her hospital bed at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Philadelphia. Her husband, Steve, was beside her. She had given birth to their second child, 6-pound-11-ounce Amani Michelle....

It happened more than 40 years ago,…

August 10, 2021 at 6:47 a.m.

It happened more than 40 years ago, but the Rev. Carl Cellucci has never forgotten. A noted theologian was giving a lecture to 500 students at Cellucci`s seminary. Just as...

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