Giving dopamine infusions to brain-dead organ donors may make transplanted kidneys more resilient, a new study shows. (p. 15)

Children born to women who have undergone weight-loss surgery are healthier than children born to moms who are severely obese, a study shows. (p. 9)

Estrogen therapy stymies breast cancer in some patients who have exhausted their other options, a new study finds. (p. 13)

New drug limits bone fractures in elderly women and men fighting prostate cancer (p. 13)

Spleen plays more roles than previously known. (p. 10)

Cancer of the throat caused by the human papillomavirus isn’t as deadly as such cancer that arises from other causes. (p. 11)

Spinal fluid test in people with mild cognitive impairments can predict in many cases who will develop the disease. (p. 10)

An experimental drug may stop a deadly leukemia in its early stages, a study of mice shows. (p. 8)

Anti-inflammatory injections of golimumab work in people with rheumatoid arthritis who failed to improve on other meds. (p. 8)

Headaches with aura may be linked to the formation of microscopic brain lesions in women and possibly to a heightened risk of stroke.

Appendicitis might be diagnosable with a new urine test, an advance that could prevent many unnecessary surgeries. (p. 11)