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Concern over the possible health and environmental effects of such food has prompted a move for labeling it, but scientists, farmers and technology companies call the measures alarmist.
Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Medical Error and Its AftermathThu, 24 May 2012 17:29:01 GMT
"Love Alone," a new play at the Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I., breaks the mold of the medical melodrama in its portrayal of the consequences of a devastating medical mistake.
Recipes for Health: Pasta With Collard Greens and Onions — Recipes for HealthFri, 25 May 2012 07:00:03 GMT
Slow cooking sweetens the collards in this satisfying pasta dish.
The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost two and a half times the initial estimate.
A measure to prevent drug shortages and to accelerate federal review of new and generic medications won broad support, with a similar bill on a fast track to approval in the House.
Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation’s $2.7 trillion health care bill.
Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.
The Food and Drug Administration said concerns over bleeding outweighed the evidence that Xarelto reduced the risk of blood clots.
A vocal minority of pet food owners are willing to pay a premium for raw pets foods, believing they are healthier for their dogs and cats than commercially prepared foods.
The death from heart attack of the ultramarathoner Micah True has raised awareness about the safety of marathon racing and training. But the science suggests that distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you -- except when, in rare instances, they do.
The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.
Patients aren't the only ones interested in alternative and complementary medicine. In a new series, Well talks to doctors across the country to find out what nontraditional medicines or therapies they sometimes recommend or use themselves.
Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
In a controversial finding, a government task force concluded that the harms of the simple blood test far outweigh any potential benefit.
A free app for iPhones and iPads linked to Muppets Band-Aids makes a Muppet character appear to emerge from the bandage to console the injured child.
Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.
The new health care law has improved the system for patients, and those gains will survive any Supreme Court decision, some Democratic officials said.
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, called Ms. Beckett “an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.”
As head of the city’s maternity services bureau, Dr. Pakter supported a law that legalized abortion in New York before Roe v. Wade, and one of her studies led to a breakthrough in care for premature babies.
The large, sturdy leaves of collard greens hold up so well to heat that they can be used in a variety of creative dishes, writes Martha Rose Shulman in this week's Recipes for Health.
In a large European study, people who were taking calcium supplements had nearly a 30 percent greater risk of heart attack over four years than those who were not.
Oncology wards, more than anywhere else I know, are musicless places. But on one special day, my friends in the Stay Human Band brought music to my hospital room, writes Suleika Jaouad.
Pregnant women who were vaccinated against the flu were more likely to deliver regular-size babies, at a point closer to the due date, an analysis showed.
A study followed fat consumption among women older than 65 and tracked their mental ability over four years.
Caregivers are looking to the Web to help coordinate care for ailing family members.
As many as one-third of the elderly die owing more in medical fees than they have in assets, according to a new study.
A documentary director and a social worker hatch a new idea: personalized music for every nursing home resident.
Researchers find that many older adults who stop driving hit the road again.
Ina May Gaskin, the original home-birth evangelist, is finally winning converts in the mainstream.
How to define optimism, put it into practice and enjoy its benefits.
Research shows that brushing too soon after meals and drinks, especially those that are acidic, can do more harm than good.
Gretchen Reynolds, the Phys Ed columnist, on the science of high-intensity interval training, or H.I.T., which scientists are finding can be as effective as longer endurance training.
A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.
Economic View: Slippery-Slope Logic vs. Health Care Law - Economic ViewThu, 17 May 2012 18:57:58 GMT
The court debate over the new health care law offers yet another example of worrying about imaginary risks.
On Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate a fistula hospital that you readers helped build, and the many African women whose lives it will surely save.
Cellulaze, a new treatment that requires only one doctor’s visit, is being breathlessly hailed by many as a bona fide solution, but some doctors have reservations.
Two new books, one by a group of medical ethicists and another by the feminist critic Susan Gubar, offer searing accounts of confronting a lethal disease.
Global Update: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight MalariaThu, 24 May 2012 22:20:04 GMT
About a third of the drug samples from Southeast Asia and Africa failed in testing, according to a report by an American agency.
A composite day in the life of patients at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
There is one hospital in Kabul that treats anyone, from any side, no questions asked. The horrors of the war blow through its doors every day.
For cancer patients, marijuana is a medical and a human rights issue. New York should pass the medical marijuana bill this year.
In 2007, a trial of an AIDS vaccine made by Merck was stopped early when it became clear that it was not protecting everyone. Now a follow-up study has confirmed the worst fears of researchers.
People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.
Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.
A clinical trial of Crenezumab will focus largely on members of a Colombian family who are genetically destined to develop the disease but who do not yet have any symptoms.
With herbs, tender rice and a lemony sauce, these rolls will have you thinking of the Mediterranean.
The greens partner with the noodles to give structure to this hearty baked pasta dish.
Recipes for Health: Breakfast Tacos With Eggs, Onions and Collard Greens — Recipes for HealthTue, 22 May 2012 19:14:24 GMT
These comforting, easy tacos don’t have to be relegated to the breakfast table.
Recipes for Health: Spicy Stir-Fried Collard Greens With Red or Green CabbageTue, 22 May 2012 19:00:03 GMT
Collards are a nutritious and versatile vegetable, whether you just want to get a quick, satisfying meal on the table or take the time to coax out their sweetness.
On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
