Lucette Lagnado
Wall Street Journal
East Orange, NJ, United States
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Can Breast Cancer Be Treated Without Surgery?
Breast-cancer patients are joining trials to see if they can skip surgery altogether—a less-invasive approach that would be a milestone in treatment. → Read More
Is It Time for a Better Hospital I.D. Bracelet?
Hospitals are souping up patient ID wristbands with smart technology—and testing substitutes that get rid of the bracelet entirely. → Read More
For Children With Cancer, Hope for New Treatments
A new law requiring pharmaceuticals companies to test cancer drugs on children as well as adults is raising hopes of more therapies. → Read More
New Ideas to Fight the Flu
How about a shot of ultraviolet light instead of a flu shot? With seasonal vaccines often proving ineffective, researchers work on germ-killing lamps and a ‘universal vaccine’ to keep the virus at bay. → Read More
Take Two Aspirin—and a Serving of Kale
Wielding food as medicine, hospitals are taking on nutrition counseling, sending patients home with prescriptions as well as bags of fresh produce. → Read More
Young Cancer Patients in Poor Countries Get a Boost
A new $15 million global campaign against pediatric cancer aims to narrow the gap between treatment in affluent countries and poor ones. → Read More
Hospitals Step Up the War on Superbugs
To curb life-threatening infections, medical centers are setting hygiene standards for commonplace equipment. → Read More
A Sisterhood of Nurses
More than 40 years ago, six Filipino nurses arrived in the U.S. to launch their careers. Joyette, Connie, Peachy, Nora, Teresa and Gertrudes have supported one another through sea changes in the medical field as well as personal joys and sorrows. This is their story. → Read More
Hospitals Address Widespread Doctor Burnout
To address an epidemic of physician stress that some say puts patients at risk of medical errors, hospitals are making changes. → Read More
Are Big Clinical Trials Relevant? Researchers Disagree
Amid health care tailored to an individual’s DNA, do massive clinical trials that take years and involve thousands of patients still matter? → Read More
Which Anti-Depressant is Right for You? Your DNA Can Shed Some Light
Genomics is coming to psychiatry, with some doctors using a gene test to figure out the most effective anti-depressant for a patient. → Read More
The Benefits of Bright Light for Hospital Patients
Hospitals and nursing homes are turning up the lights in some patients’ rooms, amid new research on how light affects mood, energy and sleep → Read More
Prostate-Cancer Gene Test Helps Patients Decide on Treatment
Some prostate-cancer doctors are using a genomics test to figure out which patients need surgery and which ones can follow ‘active surveillance.’ → Read More
Hospitals Vie to Fund a Health-Tech Breakthrough
Startups receive support from hospitals hoping to find “the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.” → Read More
In Hospitals, Pneumonia Is a Lethal Enemy
Pneumonia is the No. 1 hospital-acquired infection in America and hospitals aren’t doing enough to fight it, a new study warns. One weapon: a toothbrush → Read More
Chemotherapy, a Trusty Weapon Against Cancer, Falls Out of Favor
Eminent breast-cancer doctors disagree on whether to prescribe less chemotherapy; some worry about the treatment’s ‘toxicities’ and others say it saves lives → Read More
Walk-in Doctor Visits at Work? Welcome to the Office Health Center
What if you could see a doctor without leaving work--or spending time in a waiting room? To keep employees healthy and productive, businesses bring doctors--and more--in-house. → Read More
Is a Vegan Diet Good for Your Heart?
A vegan diet did better than an American Heart Association regimen in reducing inflammation during a clinical trial but doctors say more research is needed → Read More
Help for Patients Obsessed With Their Imperfect Bodies
Being obsessed with your looks isn’t uncommon. Kim Kardashian fretted about her concerns. But taken too far, such worries can become body dysmorphic disorder. → Read More
Cancer Diagnosis Galvanizes a Medical Student
When 22-year-old Ari Bernstein learned he had cancer, he resolved to keep on with his medical-school training and not give up. → Read More