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By Roz Plater on April 26, 2023 — Fact checked by Michael Crescione
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug toferson as a treatment for people with a rare genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The regulators are requiring the…
By Roz Plater on March 14, 2023 — Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak, MSJ
There is new evidence that a more advanced screening technology may be better at detecting breast cancer.
A study published today in the journal Radiology reports that digital breast tomosyn…
By Roz Plater on February 1, 2023 — Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak, MSJ
Black children in the United States are more likely than white children to be exposed to toxic stressors such as poverty and hardship.
That adversity can affect their brain structure as we…
By Roz Plater on September 6, 2022 — Fact checked by Dana K. Cassell
Phillip Tyler lost his 22-year-old son Devon to suicide nearly five years ago.
“I was raised by a Black father from the Deep South, Arkansas, in the Jim Crow era. And he was raised by his fath…
By Roz Plater on July 6, 2022 — Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak, MSJ
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States had made some significant strides in narrowing the life expectancy gap between white and Black Americans.
That’s according to a new study publ…
By Roz Plater on May 7, 2019
A less invasive or nipple-sparing mastectomy can be a safer option for more breast cancer patients than previously thought.
That’s according to Mayo Clinic researchers, who presented the findings from their new study last week at th…