By BARRY MEIER
Purdue Pharma tried to maximize profits by marketing the drug to keep patients on higher doses for longer periods, a lawsuit charges.
Published: January 30, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
For several weeks, a young athlete’s symptoms stumped doctors, despite tests and scans. Unnoticed in a sandwich or wrap, toothpicks can do a surprising amount of damage in the digestive tract, and beyond.
Published: January 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
A yearlong, randomized trial in England showed that e-cigarettes were almost twice as successful as products like patches or gum for smoking cessation.
Published: January 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
The judge presiding over all the federal cases had hoped to settle them by now. But the behemoth litigation is only becoming more bloated, contentious and difficult to resolve.
Published: January 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Planning on quitting the social platform? A major new study offers a glimpse of what unplugging might do for your life. (Spoiler: It’s not so bad.)
Published: January 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Researchers identified hundreds of gene variations that may be connected to when people go to bed.
Published: January 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KAREN ZRAICK
During extreme cold, the blood rushes to the center of the body to protect vital organs, and the body temperature can fall to dangerous lows. The best advice is to stay inside, experts say.
Published: January 28, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ERIC ATHAS
Despite federal legislation passed 15 years ago, food labels don’t always alert consumers to allergens that may be present in packaged goods.
Published: January 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Sleep deprivation can make your physical aches more painful. A new study begins to explain how that happens.
Published: January 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CARL ZIMMER
The body’s microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.
Published: January 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
The psychologist counsels doctors who are suffering even as they tend to the needs of others.
Published: January 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
People who received intensive treatment for hypertension were less likely to develop minor cognitive problems than those receiving standard treatment.
Published: January 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Success against sickle-cell would mark “the first genetic cure of a common genetic disease” and could free tens of thousands of Americans from agonizing pain.
Published: January 26, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Owners have few good options for cats that need long-term relief.
Published: January 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Long a suspected source of the virus, bats had not been confirmed as carriers of the lethal disease before. The discovery could help scientists learn more about how the virus infects humans.
Published: January 23, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Injections of bone cement into fractured vertebrae fail to relieve pain any more than a placebo does, researchers found.
Published: January 23, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
Some U.S. researchers knew of a Chinese scientist’s intentions to implant edited embryos but were unable to stop him. Now scientific institutions are trying to devise global safeguards.
Published: January 22, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Patients receiving new kidneys and livers must take damaging anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. Now researchers hope to train the immune system instead of just tamping it down.
Published: January 21, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The S.T.D. has gained ground among all women in the U.S., including those who are expecting.
Published: January 20, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By APOORVA MANDAVILLI
A new device — wearable, wireless and battery free — improves the ability to monitor and diagnose health problems by analyzing the sweat on your skin.
Published: January 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Prince Philip, 97, was involved in a car accident outside London. For families everywhere, the incident raises all-too-familiar questions.
Published: January 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
A new government program was supposed to prevent certain Medicare recipients from cycling in and out of hospitals. Now some experts worry it may be costing lives.
Published: January 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Counties where doctors got more meals, trips and consulting fees from opioid makers had higher overdose deaths involving prescription opioids.
Published: January 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The advisory committee voted 8-8 on approving the drug, to be called Zynquista, which would be the first oral medication for people with Type 1 diabetes.
Published: January 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
As the drug becomes more popular, concerns have been raised that its use can lead to psychotic disorders. Here’s what scientists know for sure, and what they don’t.
Published: January 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A hamburger a week, but no more — that’s about as much red meat people should eat to do what’s best for their health and the planet, according to a report seeking to overhaul the world’s diet.
Published: January 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN
The cancer center will now bar top officials from sitting on outside boards of for-profit companies, and is conducting a wide-scale review of other policies.
Published: January 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BARRY MEIER
A filing in a Massachusetts lawsuit contains dozens of internal Purdue Pharma documents suggesting the family was far more involved than the company has long contended.
Published: January 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Despite the federal shutdown, some agency inspectors are returning to work and will begin performing food safety visits without pay this week, the F.D.A. commissioner said.
Published: January 13, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By TED ALCORN
It is legal to resell unused test strips for blood glucose, and many patients do, driving an unusual trade online and on the streets.
Published: January 13, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
New government data charts some interesting changes in average bodies over recent decades.
Published: January 13, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER
Minuscule particles coated with anti-seizure drugs seem to halt microbes that feed on brain tissue.
Published: January 13, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
Under a new governor, it’s hoping to use its status as the most populous state as leverage when it negotiates with drug makers.
Published: January 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
In the last three months, 6 to 7 million people have caught the flu, and the season isn’t over yet.
Published: January 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Too often people die of an opioid overdose because no one’s around to notice they’re in trouble. Now scientists are creating a smartphone app that beams sound waves to measure breathing — and summon help if it stops.
Published: January 8, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Regulators had accused Mutual of Omaha of denying policies to applicants, mostly gay men, who took medication to protect against the infection.
Published: January 9, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
While the Agriculture Department continues to inspect domestic meat and poultry, the F.D.A. has reduced inspections of fruits, vegetables and other foods.
Published: January 8, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
A life sciences institute funded by Coca-Cola and other multinational beverage and snack companies even has offices inside the government’s health ministry.
Published: January 8, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By MAYA SALAM
We asked readers which health topics they felt needed to be discussed openly, and got answers from an obstetrician-gynecologist.
Published: January 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN
AstraZeneca has hired Dr. José Baselga, the former chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, to lead its cancer research unit.
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER
The Zika virus must take the “side roads” into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said — but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the “expressway.”
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network takes on the toughest cases, patients whose symptoms have defied explanation.
Published: January 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CHRISTINA CARON
Zainab Mughal, 2, has cancer. Her treatments depend on frequent blood transfusions, but her blood type is extremely rare.
Published: January 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CHRISTINA CARON
The boy, Cameron Jean-Pierre, 11, had asthma and was allergic to fish and peanuts. Experts said a combination of the two conditions could have caused a fatal reaction.
Published: January 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the terms of the new partnership between the two companies appear to undermine pledges they made to keep flavored nicotine pods off store shelves.
Published: January 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
In “cognitive rehabilitation,” therapists train patients in simple tasks that can make daily life much easier.
Published: January 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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