New tests of blood and spinal fluid could help doctors quickly identify patients who would most benefit from treatment. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images hide caption
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Michigan State beat Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 round of March Madness on Friday in Atlanta. The sheer number of games to bet on in a short time makes the NCAA tournament popular with legal sportsbook games. Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images hide caption
Experts worry about a lack of addiction treatments as legalized sports betting grows
Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, speaks at a conference in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 26, 2015. Love died on March 23, 2025, from an aggressive type of brain cancer called glioblastoma. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images hide caption
Compounded alternatives to Zepbound are on the way out. Guido Mieth/Getty Images/Digital Vision hide caption
Production of cheaper alternatives to name brand obesity drugs will stop on Wednesday
Long COVID patients haven't stopped pushing for more research funding to find treatments for their condition, including this protest in Washington, D.C. in 2022 which was held in tandem with patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Keith Thomas, who lives with paralysis, poses with the research team at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research that worked with him for months to restore lasting movement and feeling in his arm and hand. The 'double neural bypass' system uses brain implants and artificial intelligence to allow signals to and from Thomas' brain to bypass the site of his injury. MATTHEW LIBASSI hide caption
Scientists engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor, is President Trump's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption
Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer's disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s hide caption
Ken and Susan Bell, September, 2024 in St. Charles, Mo. Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog hide caption
One woman's experience with the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi
Ione and Doug Whitney, February, 2025. Megan Farmer, WashU Medicine hide caption
A man genetically destined to develop Alzheimer's isn't showing any symptoms
Research participant Doug McCullough uses the adaptive exercise bike during a testing session at the University of Pittsburgh. Nate Langer, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences hide caption
An experimental spinal treatment may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder
Clinical research conducted at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md., continues, but recruitment of new patients is on hold. National Institutes of Health hide caption
Trump's efforts to remake government harming research at the NIH, employees say
With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research study a storm in Oklahoma in 2017. They get close to supercell storms and tornadoes to better understand their formation and improve prediction. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Spravato, the brand name for esketamine, has a newly approved indication for treatment-resistant depression. tadamichi/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Women's cancer incidence rising faster than men's, according to a new report. fstop123/E+/Getty Images hide caption
During William Wilcox's service in the Marines, he fired heavy weapons, including shoulder-mounted missile launchers. The blast waves from those weapons may have led to an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in his brain. As a result of the malformation and subsequent surgery, he now has epilepsy, memory problems, and other symptoms. Kelly West for NPR/@kwest_photo hide caption
The story of two Marines who developed the same rare brain condition
Federal regulators have cracked down on mushroom edibles containing Amanita muscaria — also known as fly agaric — after mounting safety concerns. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/DPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
FDA targets mushroom edibles following a number of illnesses and suspected deaths
A surgical team at NYU Langone Health hospital, including Dr. Robert Montgomery (right), transplants a kidney from a genetically modified pig into patient Towana Looney, who's been on dialysis since 2016. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health hide caption
Geri Landman and her daughter Lucy. Geri Landman hide caption
Erica Hayes, 40, sits on her sofa with a box where she keeps the medical supplies she needs to manage her long COVID symptoms, which include chronic fatigue, irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, hives, migraines and internal tremors. Sarah Boden for NPR hide caption
Patients are frustrated that there isn't a reliable treatment yet for long COVID
Scientists have found one type of neuron is affected early in Alzheimer's. koto_feja/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
TJ, 35, and Nicole, 41, came to Chimp Haven from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico 2018. Another group is expected to arrive from New Mexico in the coming months. Kierstin Luckett/Chimp Haven hide caption
Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith (left) with colleague Dylan Flunker in the garden of Family Tree Clinic in Minneapolis. The two run a program to train more doctors and nurses in the region to be able to provide gender affirming care, which is legal in Minnesota, but banned for youth in dozens of states around the country. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption