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Lauren Dunn

Medical & Health Producer at NBC News

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Xolair for food allergies: How it works and what it costs - NBC News

Kevin Wang and Annie Marqueling’s son Liam was 8 months old when he broke out in hives all over his body after eating a few bits of a scrambled egg. An allergy test revealed Liam was allergic to eggs, as well as peanuts and tree nuts, and for the next year, the entire family avoided foods that could trigger a dangerous reaction. “We had to pay special attention to every single item that we brought to the house because it could potentially be a life-threatening allergen for him,” Wang said. “The…
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Doctors warn freezing embryos is essential after Alabama ruling wit...

After Alabama’s state Supreme Court ruling on IVF, doctors are warning that women using in vitro fertilization and their babies could face major health risks — and young cancer patients could lose the chance to build a future family — if fertility clinics stop using frozen embryos. “That is a possible reality,” said Dr. Irene Dimitriadis, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at the Mass General Fertility Center in Boston. “It hurts me to think of it because that means we’re…
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Americans with family in Gaza fear for loved ones - NBC News

Adnan Sawada was at work in Maryland on Oct. 17 when he got a frantic phone call from thousands of miles away in Gaza. It was his 36-year-old nephew calling with devastating news. His father, Adnan’s oldest brother, had just died at a Gaza hospital. “His son was screaming,” Adnan said in a phone interview. “They got to him too late.” Shaaban Sawada, Adnan’s brother, is one of the countless Gaza residents who were injured in airstrikes but were then unable to receive the care they needed at the e…
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Attacks on health care facilities have increased in past decade, hu...

Hospitals are supposed to be safe havens during times of war, but attacks against hospitals and health care facilities in conflict zones are becoming more common worldwide, human rights experts say. During the first week of the war between Israel and Hamas, there were 94 attacks on health care facilities in Israel and Gaza, which killed 29 health care workers and injured 24, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, or SHCC, a human rights advocacy group. “The number of atta…
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Ketamine clinics for mental health are popping up across the U.S. D...

An inhaled version of the drug is approved for severe depression. Many clinics, however, offer injections or infusions for a range of mental health conditions.
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After Roe, doctors grapple with limits placed on the care they can ...

In certain cases, abortions are life-saving care. But determining what constitutes imminent death to the mother or the fetus remains vague.
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New weight loss drugs are highly effective, so why aren’t they wide...

Many insurance companies won’t cover the expensive drugs, and even among patients who can afford them, a massive shortage has limited availability.

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Breast implants linked to cases of cancer, according to FDA - NBC News

Hundreds of women have been diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a cancer caused by a type of breast implants.
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Measles outbreak raging in Europe could be brought to U.S., doctors...

“People are dying from measles. This was unbelievable five or 10 years ago.”