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Natasha Loder

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London, United Kingdom
As seen in: The Economist
Covers:  medicine, health, global health, some pharma, drug pricing, healthcare, medical breakthroughs, medical technology.
Doesn't Cover: Corporate results, staffing changes, consumer health
Health Editor, The Economist
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Targeting tumours

Targeting tumours

Treating cancer: Progress on many fronts In rich countries half of cancers are now survivable. And better und…

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A revolution in health care is coming

A revolution in health care is coming

NO WONDER they are called "patients". When people enter the health-care systems of rich countries today, they…

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A new sort of health app can do the job of drugs

A new sort of health app can do the job of drugs

LUANN STOTTLEMYER has had diabetes for 23 years, but it was only in 2016 that her doctor prescribed a treatme…

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Livers for transplant can now be kept alive at body temperature

Livers for transplant can now be kept alive at body temperature

WHEN Constantin Coussios, a biomedical engineer at Oxford University, arrived one day in 2013 at the transpla…

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The wonder drug: A digital revolution in health care is speeding up | The Economist

The wonder drug: A digital revolution in health care is speeding up | The Economist

WHEN someone goes into cardiac arrest, survival depends on how quickly the heart can be restarted. Enter Amaz…

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Clones: Hello, again, Dolly | The Economist

Clones: Hello, again, Dolly | The Economist

IN THE summer of 1996 Karen Mycock, a cell biologist, was attending a wedding in the Scottish highlands. Retu…

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A tissue of truths: Printed human body parts could soon be available for transplant | The Economi...

A tissue of truths: Printed human body parts could soon be available for transplant | The Economi...

EVERY year about 120,000 organs, mostly kidneys, are transplanted from one human being to another. Sometimes …

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Health care: Will artificial intelligence help to crack biology? | The Economist

Health care: Will artificial intelligence help to crack biology? | The Economist

IN A former leatherworks just off Euston Road in London, a hopeful firm is starting up. BenevolentAI's main r…

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Cancer's master criminals: A new type of molecular medicine may be needed to halt cancers | The E...

Cancer's master criminals: A new type of molecular medicine may be needed to halt cancers | The E...

ONE of the most important medical insights of recent decades is that cancers are triggered by genetic mutatio…

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The drug industry: Growing pains | The Economist

The drug industry: Growing pains | The Economist

LAST year, Pfizer almost became the world's largest drug firm when it tried to merge with Allergan, an Irish …

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Vaccines: Putting shots in the locker | The Economist

Vaccines: Putting shots in the locker | The Economist

FOREWARNED, the proverb has it, is forearmed. But what happens when there is no warning? That was the case in…

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Drugs in America: Seizure-inducing | The Economist

Drugs in America: Seizure-inducing | The Economist

JULIANA KEEPING is rushing to work in Oklahoma with two children in tow. Her three-year-old son, Eli, has cys…

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Longevity: Adding ages | The Economist

Longevity: Adding ages | The Economist

MICHAEL RAE eats 1,900 calories a day, 600 fewer than recommended. Breakfast is a large salad, yogurt and a "…

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Making resistance futile

Making resistance futile

"Our job", says Jan Kemper, "is to make cells happy." Ms Kemper works at MedImmune, a subsidiary of AstraZene…

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Much worse to come

Much worse to come

ON MARCH 25th the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a rash of cases of Ebola in Guinea, the first such…

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Priceless pills

Priceless pills

IN THE late 1800s a New York doctor noticed that getting an infection after surgery helped some cancer patien…

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Fast-tracking treatments

Fast-tracking treatments

THE lucky ones are admitted to a health centre. They arrive bleeding, in taxis, on foot, in wheelbarrows and …

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