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Nancy Hairston, CEO and founder of MEDCad
Success

This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year

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November 2, 2025
In this photo provided by Mass General Brigham, multiple surgeons in blue scrubs are handling tools to perform a pig kidney transplant. The patient is not shown in the photo.
Health

American man who volunteered for an experimental pig kidney transplant is off dialysis and wants to ‘give some people some hope’

By Lauran Neergaard and The Associated Press
September 8, 2025
Doctor showing model of female reproductive system to patient
Health

I had one simple surgery to lower my risk of the deadliest cancer for women. Here’s why you probably don’t know about it—but should

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June 16, 2025
Cancer vaccination, conceptual illustration
Health

Personalized vaccine offers hope for patients with late-stage kidney cancer, clinical trial shows

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February 7, 2025
Rich woman lounging on boat
Success

The wealthy 1% are turning to new status symbols that can’t be bought—and it’s hurting Dior, Versace, and Burberry

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Premier’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals 2025
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Premier’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals 2025

By Fortune Editors and Premier, Inc.
February 4, 2025
Close-up view of man in blue button-down shirt placing pills in his hand.
Health

New pain drug, Vertex’s Journavx, gets FDA approval as safer alternative to addictive opioids

By Bloomberg and Gerry Smith
January 31, 2025
Photo of Robeauté cofounders Bertrand Duplat, left, and Joana Cortocci, sitting at a table in what looks like a bar or restaurant.
Tech

Exclusive: Startup pioneering tiny robots that can travel inside the brain gets $28 million in new venture funding

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January 13, 2025
A genetically modified pig chews on a chain in a cage
Health

Patients are so sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant that they’re signing up in droves to receive vital organs from pigs

By Lauran Neergaard and The Associated Press
December 17, 2024
Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 40/40 Club popup inside Fanatics Fest NYC held at Jacob Javits Convention Center on August 16, 2024 in New York City.
Health

Trump taps Dr. Oz, a heart surgeon famous for appearing on Oprah’s show who was later criticized for pushing fad diets, to lead Medicare and Medicaid Services

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
November 19, 2024
Photo of a Da Vinci surgical robot conducting an operation on a patient's abdomen as several people in surgical garb stand watch nearby.
Newsletters

The next time you go under the knife, there’s a good chance a robot will hold the scalpel

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November 7, 2024
Dimer Health CEO Caroline Hodge.
Commentary

Cancer made me a patient. Health care’s blind spots made me a CEO

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October 25, 2024
Serena Williams just had a cyst ‘the size of a small grapefruit’ removed from her neck. Here’s what it means
Health

Serena Williams just had a cyst ‘the size of a small grapefruit’ removed from her neck. Here’s what it means

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October 16, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris onstage in front of lecterns
Health

‘Transgender operations on illegal aliens’: Here’s what Trump may have been talking about in debate

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September 11, 2024
Does Medicare cover knee replacement surgery? 
Aging Well

Does Medicare cover knee replacement surgery? 

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