World's first Gene Therapy operation for Parkinson's disease

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Police in New York searched Wednesday for a middle-age man suspected of using a meat cleaver to kill Upper East Side psychologist Kathryn Faughey.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have found an enzyme released by mast cells in the lungs appears to play a key role in airway constrictions associated with asthma.

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The New York City window washer who survived a 47-story fall left a hospital Friday for a rehabilitation facility.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have identified a site of brain activity for the amino acid taurine, taking a step toward learning how brain cells put it to use.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A New York man who was arrested after loudly protesting a rectal exam is suing the hospital for malpractice.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Doctors treating a man who survived a 47-story drop from a New York building said they expect him to recover completely in about a year.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A New York heart surgeon is calling for more testing to ensure the cardiovascular safety of drugs developed primarily for non-cardiovascular medical problems.

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A report in the New England Journal of Medicine says the drug eltrombopag appears to significantly boost platelet counts in hepatitis C patients.

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say finding new drug targets could provide a better way to attack tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.