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Man receives 1st full eye transplant — 'one step closer' to restoring sight in future patients
Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant. It is too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye.
Alzheimer's drug slows down the disease, but comes with risks: study
Another experimental Alzheimer's drug can modestly slow patients' inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday.
First RSV vaccine approved in U.S. after decades of attempts
The U.S. approved the first vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too.
Implant offers new help for blurry close-up vision
An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurry close-up vision.
Modest gains reported in experimental Alzheimer's drug studies
Researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Washington on Wednesday updated ongoing research with three experimental drugs that aim to fight Alzheimer's by targeting a sticky protein that clogs the brain.
Memory issues worsen at faster rate for older women, researchers find
Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, says new research that illustrates the especially hard toll that Alzheimer's takes on women.
Researchers use background noise to test kids' recognition of language
New research suggests it may be possible to predict which preschoolers will struggle to read — and it has to do with how the brain deciphers speech when it's noisy.
Ebola outbreak: vaccine trial starts after years of twists and turns
It took 16 years of twists and turns. Over and over, Dr. Nancy Sullivan thought she was close to an Ebola vaccine, only to see the next experiment fail.