Judges Tell San Francisco It Can Begin Health Plan
A federal panel of judges granted San Francisco the right to require businesses with more than 20 employees to pay a fee to help cover employees’ health care costs.
Study Says DNA Flaw May Raise Autism Risk
The rare genetic flaw occurs spontaneously near or during conception and may sharply increase the risk that a child will develop autism.
Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action
Robyn O’Brien has looked deep into the perplexing world of childhood food allergies and seen a conspiracy.
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For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.
Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease
The search for new treatments can be tricky when the disease is fearsome but nearly forgotten because its victims are poor and obscure.
A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis
The struggles of a venerable Atlanta charity hospital mirror those of other public hospitals across the nation.
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Homeless, With a New Loss: Identity
If your identity is being used by someone else, then his overdose is not your business.
Caution, Not Panic, Seen After Drug Warnings
A new study investigated the effects of changes to labels on antidepressant use nationwide.
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Tiny Specks of Misery, Both Vile and Useful
It’s easy to hate viruses for their freeloading ways, but they have also repaid us in ways we are just beginning to tally.
Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage
With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball players’ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.
Health Spending Exceeded Record $2 Trillion in 2006
National health spending soared above $2 trillion for the first time in 2006 and has nearly doubled in the last decade.
A New You
A monthlong series of discussions with reporters and experts on weight loss, fitness, children's health, emotional well-being and nutrition.
Gina Kolata on Fitness
This week Times reporter Gina Kolata hosts a discussion on exercise and losing weight. Ask
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Personal Health
Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance
Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.
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Pain Relief for Some, With an Odd Tradeoff
Implantable stimulators can blunt pain with electrical impulses, but they may come with negative side effects.
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The Claim: Antibiotics Will Beat a Sinus Infection
Antibiotics and steroids may be the standard medications for a sinus infection, but are they effective?
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When the Senses Become Confused
After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself. However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.
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The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed
Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.
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Who Pays for Efficiency?
The quest to save dollars in the nation’s annual health care bill is becoming a lucrative market of its own.
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Regional Differences in Cost and Care
Track the variability of cost in the Medicare system and the rates of several kinds of surgery.
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