She needed a pricey drug to prevent MS relapse. Her insurer's 'fail first' strategy left her struggling for months.

An insurance company repeatedly denied a Wisconsin woman coverage for a medication her doctor prescribed to treat her ...

New drug offers hope to bladder cancer patients

Imagine a targeted approach to bladder cancer that spares healthy cells while delivering chemotherapy directly to cancerous ...

Snake urine may lead to better kidney stone, gout treatments

Scientists think urine from snakes and lizards could help them find new ways to prevent painful kidney stones and gout in ...
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IV Therapy Clinics Boom, Despite Experts Warning of "Expensive Urine"

Hospital-grade IV treatments are now available at strip mall clinics for anyone willing to pay. Medical professionals warn that water and oral vitamins often work just as well for a fraction of the ...
RealClearScience

Drinking Pee Is an Ancient Practice, But It Lacks Evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...
The Conversation

Drinking pee to improve health is an ancient practice – but the risks outweigh the evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...
New York Post

I drink my own pee for the health benefits — I also do urine enemas and splash it on my skin to sunbathe

Troy Casey has received a steady stream of press for his unorthodox wellness regimen, which includes the daily practice of drinking his own pee. A former model and the author of “Rippedat50: A Journey ...
FierceBiotech

Gene therapy prevents death, restores growth in mice and a calf with maple syrup urine disease

A one-time injection of a novel gene therapy was able to save mice and a newborn calf from succumbing to maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), suggesting the approach could one day be used to treat ...
GEN

AAV Gene Therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease Shows Promise

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare genetic inborn error of metabolism characterized by recurrent life-threatening neurologic crises and progressive brain ...
News Medical

Study demonstrates successful gene therapy for maple syrup urine disease

A study led by UMass Chan researchers demonstrated that a gene therapy to correct a mutation that causes maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) prevented newborn death, normalized growth, restored ...
EurekAlert!

Gene therapy developed for maple syrup urine disease shows promise, new UMass Chan study reports

A study led by UMass Chan researchers demonstrated that a gene therapy to correct a mutation that causes maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) prevented newborn death, normalized growth, restored ...