January 4, 2016 Austin Frakt THE NEW HEALTH CARE After one of her operations, my sister-in-law left the hospital so quickly that she couldn’t eat for days; after other stays, she wasn’t discharged until she felt physically and mentally prepared….
Op-Ed Contributor By REBECCA SKLOOT December 30, 2015 JEFFREY GRAY, a professor at Des Moines University, recently instructed a room full of medical students to take out their phones. Unlock them, he said. Now pass them to the person behind you. They…
Photo Shingles causes a visible rash, but can also cause lingering pain well after the rash subsides.Credit Getty Images Do you have a health question? Submit your question to Ask Well. Related: Ask Well: Blood Pressure Over Age 70 Ask…
Moderate consumption of alcohol is generally safe, and may even be healthful for many people. December 21, 2015 Aaron E. Carroll THE NEW HEALTH CARE Over the past year, I’ve tried to clear up a lot of the misconceptions on…
Photo Credit Getty Images The patient I was caring for, a woman in her 40s with leukemia, had been admitted to the hospital for the second of four monthly courses of chemotherapy. She was sitting quietly in a chair by…
Dr. Usha Menon is the a co-author of a Lancet article that says a screening test for ovarian cancer needs more study. By DENISE GRADY December 17, 2015 A new version of a screening test for ovarian cancer may reduce deaths from…
He and his fellow researchers decided to look into the subject because, he said, there is a widespread belief that stress and unhappiness cause disease.
In an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine published on Tuesday, World AIDS Day, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Jonathan Mermin, the agency’s chief of AIDS prevention, paint a bleak picture of the fight.
Starting Tuesday, diners at many chain restaurants in New York City will see warnings on menus next to items that are high in sodium, under a rule believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
November 6, 2015 Paula Span THE NEW OLD AGE Over many years, the 77-year-old patient has managed to control his Type 2 diabetes. Thanks in part to daily doses of a drug that reduces blood sugar, his glucose level is…