Medicine

A team at Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus is working on something new that could change the way we pinpoint pain, and how effectively we treat it. The technology could give hope to millions of people who live with chronic pain.

A team at Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus is working on something that could change the way doctors pinpoint pain and effectively treat it. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

The woman was accused of selling counterfeit versions of popular weight loss drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy. Experts say fakes have exploded in the U.S.

The cost of generic drugs for many people could go up if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on products from China and other foreign countries, policy experts say.

Cases of walking pneumonia have spiked among children in recent months. News4’s Erika Gonzalez explains what parents should know.

A spike in cases of walking pneumonia among young children has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an alert. The CDC reports emergency room visits for children with respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been rising rapidly in recent months. Cases among children 2 to 4 years old increased from 1% in April…

A clinical trial is testing whether an existing drug could benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease, in hopes of making symptom-improving medication more accessible for people experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

A Mexican-American labor and delivery nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital pursues her passion with language and culture.  

Labor and delivery nurse Melissa Flores Barajas hopes to impact more patients in her community through her language and culture. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

After spending nearly a year at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, conjoined twins Amari and Javar Ruffin were successfully separated.

Forty years after the Hatch-Waxman Act created a market for affordable generic versions of prescription medications, it is struggling with persistent shortages.

A new study from MedStar Health shows the majority of women aren’t getting their annual mammograms, and according to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer rates are rising the highest in Asian American women. News4’s Aimee Cho shares one survivor’s emotional journey.

A new study from MedStar Health shows the majority of women aren’t getting their annual mammograms.

D.C.-area doctors are trying a new approach on their toughest-to-treat patients. It’s even helping medical professionals who have hypertension. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

D.C.-area doctors are trying a new approach to hypertension on their toughest-to-treat patients.

Is Novo Nordisk helping Americans save taxpayer money or ripping them off? The company’s CEO is scheduled to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Soon, doctors must tell their mammogram patients if they have dense breast tissue, a factor that can make it harder to detect breast cancer and put them at greater risk for cancer. The Food and Drug Administration released new standards in March of 2023 in an effort to help more women detect breast cancer sooner. The FDA gave providers until…

A D.C. woman who is a two-time breast cancer survivor says for a long time she didn’t know she had dense breast tissue. A new rule aims to provide more people with the knowledge about their breast density. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The late-stage trial on tirzepatide also found that patients experienced sustained weight loss over the roughly three-year treatment period.