Children were recently discovered to have been exposed to high levels of lead in Milwaukee schools — the latest episode in an ongoing toxic pandemic. This time, no help was forthcoming from the CDC.

Real-world data could help advance disease prevention and treatment, enhance quality of care, and empower patients to improve their health. But various challenges continue to impede their utilization.

The author describes pronuclear transfer, a type of mitochondrial donation, which was made available to women with mitochondrial DNA disease in a reproductive care pathway implemented in Newcastle, ...

Children born to women who carry pathogenic variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are at risk for a range of clinical syndromes collectively known as mtDNA disease. Mitochondrial donation by pronuc ...

We report a method for the recovery of hearts for transplantation from deceased donors after circulatory death that obviates the need for thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion or ex situ ...

Much of the food consumed in the United States is ultraprocessed. Evidence indicates that ultraprocessed food, as a class, has contributed to high rates of chronic diseases.

Use of some antifungal pesticides may select for resistant fungi in the environment, which can then endanger human health. Coordinated regulatory processes in this area are important.

Primary care physicians have been leaving traditional practices for concierge and direct primary care practices, in which patients are offered personalized and more accessible primary care in excha ...

Sarcoidosis, a granulomatous disease that affects the lungs and other organs, has a variable course. Although spontaneous resolution of sarcoidosis occurs in some patients, half the patients with s ...

Among patients with COPD, those with persistent or newly formed mucus plugs at 5-year follow-up had a greater decrease in lung function than those with resolved or no mucus plugs.

New AI-based software for generating patient notes purposely filters out social “chitchat,” but a primary care physician sees serious risks in that practice, for doctors and patients alike.