The Hidden Financial Incentives Behind Your Shorter Hospital Stay
January 4, 2016 Austin Frakt THE NEW HEALTH CARE After one of her operations, my sister-in-law left the hospital so…
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Op-Ed Contributor: Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?
Op-Ed Contributor By REBECCA SKLOOT December 30, 2015 JEFFREY GRAY, a professor at Des Moines University, recently instructed a room full of…
Well: Ask Well: Relieving the Pain of Post-Shingles Neuralgia
Photo Shingles causes a visible rash, but can also cause lingering pain well after the rash subsides.Credit Getty Images Do…
The New Health Care: Alcohol’s Effect on Health: What the Science Says
Moderate consumption of alcohol is generally safe, and may even be healthful for many people. December 21, 2015 Aaron E….
Well: Love on the Hospital Walls
Photo Credit Getty Images The patient I was caring for, a woman in her 40s with leukemia, had been admitted…
Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer May Become Possible
Dr. Usha Menon is the a co-author of a Lancet article that says a screening test for ovarian cancer needs…
Happiness Doesn’t Always Bring Good Health, Study Finds
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.
U.S. Still in Danger of Losing War on AIDS, C.D.C. Director Says
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.
High-Salt Warnings on New York Menus to Start Tuesday
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.
The New Old Age: Some Older Patients Are Treated Not Wisely, but Too Much
November 6, 2015 Paula Span THE NEW OLD AGE Over many years, the 77-year-old patient has managed to control his…