Category: Washington Post

Frequently overlooked, ‘silent reflux’ is treatable once diagnosed

If left untreated, LPR can cause frequent throat and sinus infections, chronic voice and throat irritation, and vocal cord lesions.

Biden administration seeks to crack down on private Medicare health plans

Medicare Advantage plans would be required to work harder to encourage customers to make use of extra benefits available to them.

Passing on salt? Make sure you’re not short on this key nutrient.

If you’re reducing your use of salt, you may need to pay special attention to your intake of this vital mineral.

Early trauma linked to 48 percent higher chance of serious headaches

As the number of traumatic events experienced by a child or adolescent increased, so did the odds of their having headaches later in life.

Abortion debate is affecting access to drug used after miscarriages

Mifepristone is used to induce abortions and manage miscarriages, and miscarriage patients are a little-recognized casualty of America’s fractious abortion wars.

The hunt quickens for vaccines and antibody therapies against opioids

The concept has long tantalized scientists: harnessing antibodies to block the dangerous effects of heroin, cocaine and nicotine.

Records from notorious Tuskegee syphilis study now available online

The digitized collection includes over 3,000 documents, from the study’s inception in the 1930s to the work of the panel that investigated it in the 1970s.

Family ‘distraught’ after man’s death at Johns Hopkins was ruled a homicide

Paul Bertonazzi was driven to Johns Hopkins Hospital after experiencing a mental health episode. He was paralyzed within hours and dead five days later.

Drowning in patient emails, doctors start charging for their replies

Messages to doctors in patient portal increased by 157 percent between early 2020 and late 2021, according to a study.

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly rake in cash from weight-loss drugs

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly reported booming sales from their blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs as both race to keep up with consumer demand.