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Lisa Jarvis

ARTICLES BY LISA JARVIS

Novo’s CagriSema recorded average weight reduction of over 20%

It’s getting harder to claim success with weight reduction drugs

4 min read . 01 Jan 2025

United-Health’s Brian Thompson’s murder evoked cringe-worthy responses (REUTERS)

A CEO’s killing is unpardonable but America’s health insurers must introspect

3 min read . 10 Dec 2024

It would be a shame to go backward—at the cost of women’s lives. (istockphoto)

The US mustn’t mess with the HPV vaccination drive: It saves lives

4 min read . 09 Dec 2024

In 2022, nearly a third of high school seniors had used pot in the last year, and 6% said that in the last month they had consumed it daily. (AP)

Marijuana use is growing fast but its health impact is still a mystery

4 min read . 21 Oct 2024

Biotech and pharma companies have integrated protein prediction technology into their daily work in ways that hastens process of inventing new medicines.

A Nobel for Google DeepMind is a tribute to how AI can transform drug discovery

4 min read . 13 Oct 2024

The study found transient increases in the quality of connections in the brain tissue known as white matter, peaking in the second and third trimester before returning to baseline at birth.

What exactly is a pregnancy brain? We may finally have some answers.

3 min read . 19 Sept 2024

Tweens and teens are notoriously more tech-savvy than their parents and excel at finding workarounds to age restrictions on apps and time limits on devices.

Setting age limits for social media users is not an effective way to shield kids

3 min read . 18 Apr 2024

At present, recreational marijuana is legal in 24 US states, decriminalized in another seven and could soon be expanded to other parts of the country. (REUTERS)

Going ‘California sober’ could be bad for one’s heart

3 min read . 07 Mar 2024

After thorough research, a diagnostic company needs to develop a test for the proteins implicated in a dysregulated complement system.

We might be closer to finding quick ways to diagnose and treat long covid

3 min read . 23 Jan 2024

By extracting genetic material from the bones and teeth of specimens borrowed from museums and pooling it with genomic data on other ancient Europeans, researchers were able to trace the introduction of genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis.

Genetic studies: Let’s cast a wider DNA net

3 min read . 17 Jan 2024

A 2019 study that used US National Survey of Children’s Health data found that about half of the kids with a mental health disorder did not receive treatment.

Specialists are being educated to address youth mental health

3 min read . 01 Jan 2024

January can be a chance to take inventory of how your body feels on less booze.

Dry January too daunting? A damp one is also worthwhile

4 min read . 28 Dec 2023

We need to better define whose weight puts them at risk of disease and who is perfectly healthy in their bigger body—and then decide whether it makes sense to pay for the drug for anyone who wants it.

Don’t let real worries get lost in the hype over obesity drugs

3 min read . 21 Dec 2023

A law in Ohio that went into effect in 2011 requires physicians to follow FDA protocol for mifepristone, which could relegate women in that state to subpar care. (AP)

America's top court must not curtail access to abortion pills

3 min read . 17 Dec 2023

Scientists seem to have determined the right design for making the drugs sufficiently safe and highly effective.

Although it took a while, targeted cancer drugs lived up to the hype

3 min read . 07 Dec 2023

Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, with American Indian, Alaska Native and African-American women faring much worse than other groups.

Rise in infant mortality shows that the US needs to take better care of its moms

3 min read . 13 Nov 2023

Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome (AP)

Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome

3 min read . 03 Oct 2023

Kids should not have free rein with TikTok and Snapchat, nor should parents be unaware of their tweens’ and teens’ inner lives.

Avoid helicopter parenting in the age of digital surveillance

3 min read . 01 Oct 2023

A more realistic hope is that researchers can one day offer physicians a how-to manual for long covid with a battery of tests to pinpoint what’s gone wrong and, ideally, treatments. (REUTERS)

A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid

3 min read . 29 Sept 2023

AlphaMissense is meant to be an additional filter when a researcher is confronted with a long list of possible mutations.

Google’s AlphaFold has a new tool to track genetic mutations

3 min read . 22 Sept 2023