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Scientists are developing breakthrough medications that could let people lose weight without sacrificing muscle mass. The experimental treatments offer hope for millions using Ozempic and similar drugs who worry about losing strength.
A 15-year-old boy with stage 4 bone cancer secretly posted a heartfelt video that reached President Trump and unlocked access to experimental therapy. His selfless plea wasn't just for himself but to help other children fighting similar battles.
Researchers are moving fast to test two experimental treatments that could save lives in the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. One therapy has already shown remarkable success in animals, offering real hope for patients.
A new experimental treatment has become the first to successfully reduce toxic tau proteins in Alzheimer's patients while slowing memory decline. The breakthrough offers fresh hope for millions facing the neurodegenerative disease.
For two years, parents suctioned their son's airway every five minutes to keep him alive. Then an experimental treatment changed everything.
After 40 years without progress, researchers have developed drugs that are doubling survival times for pancreatic cancer patients. One experimental treatment helped half of patients live beyond 13 months, compared to just over six months with standard chemotherapy. ##
An experimental treatment called rezpeg helped more than a quarter of people with severe alopecia regrow significant hair after one year. The results match currently available treatments but offer new hope for those with the autoimmune condition.
Scientists created a heat-activated patch that killed 97% of melanoma lesions in mice without damaging healthy skin. The experimental treatment could one day replace invasive surgery for early-stage skin cancer.
Children with a devastating form of epilepsy may soon have new hope thanks to promising trial results from an experimental treatment. Praxis Precision Medicines announced their drug elsunersen successfully reduced seizures in early testing for SCN2A-related epilepsy.
Jeff Vierstra lost his mother and two sisters to a deadly genetic disease, but an experimental treatment may be preventing him from developing ALS for the first time in his family's history. After three years of spinal infusions targeting his mutated gene, the 41-year-old shows no signs of the disease.
Luke Woodcock went from struggling to catch a cricket ball to facing a terminal brain tumor diagnosis. Now his community is rallying to fund experimental treatments and give him precious time with his kids.
A Vietnamese toddler pronounced likely vegetative after a near-fatal drowning is now walking and talking, thanks to an experimental treatment his doctors provided free of charge. His recovery is rewriting what's possible for children with severe brain injuries.
A silver Lab named Clarice beat cancer using an experimental treatment that's now paving the way for new immunotherapy options for children. The trial combined surgery, radiation, and immune-boosting injections to save her leg and her life.