By HEATHER MURPHY
An article about the case of a woman who feels little pain or anxiety raised many questions, such as: Do low-anxiety people seem to feel less pain?
Published: March 29, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
As residents become older and more frail, some facilities are bringing in doctors and nurses instead of relying on 911.
Published: March 28, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By HEATHER MURPHY
Scientists discovered a previously unidentified genetic mutation in a Scottish woman. They hope it could lead to the development of new pain treatment.
Published: March 27, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
The state’s lawsuit offers detail on methods allegedly used to flood the market with opioids, fueling an epidemic.
Published: March 27, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The ruling is a blow to the Trump administration, which has approved work requirements in seven other states and is reviewing applications from eight others.
Published: March 26, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
A new rule would require mammogram providers to let women know if they have dense breast tissue, which can hide cancer from X-rays.
Published: March 26, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By REED ABELSON, ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR
The Affordable Care Act touches the lives of most Americans. Some 21 million could lose health insurance if the Trump administration were to succeed in having the law ruled unconstitutional.
Published: March 25, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
The Oklahoma attorney general will announce details Tuesday afternoon. A trial of other opioid manufacturers is still scheduled to proceed.
Published: March 25, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association said the measures were necessary to combat the nation’s crisis of obesity and chronic disease
Published: March 24, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and RONI CARYN RABIN
While industry representatives insisted the implants are safe, others at an F.D.A. panel meeting urged for warnings about links to illnesses and cancer.
Published: March 24, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The settlement resolves about 25,000 lawsuits, which claimed the companies failed to warn about deadly bleeding episodes caused by the drug.
Published: March 24, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Scientists are testing nearly two dozen treatments that might stop the disease. But enrollment in the trials is very restricted, and few children qualify.
Published: March 24, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By REED ABELSON and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?
Published: March 22, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Some things aren’t worth remembering. Science is slowly working out how we might let that stuff go.
Published: March 21, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By CADE METZ and CRAIG S. SMITH
As medical insurers and billing companies begin using machine-learning software, they can learn to game the underlying algorithms for profit.
Published: March 20, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times, according to the biggest-ever study to examine the impact of pot on psychotic disorder rates.
Published: March 18, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The panel, established after a Chinese experiment produced embryo-edited babies, said all human genome editing research should be listed in a registry.
Published: March 18, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
What appeared to be a cyst in a healthy fetus turned out to be an unformed twin “absorbed” early in pregnancy, connected by a second umbilical cord and still growing.
Published: March 19, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The medication works quickly, within 48 hours. But it’s an expensive infusion and requires a stay in a medical center.
Published: March 18, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The medication works quickly, within 48 hours. But it’s an expensive infusion and requires a stay in a medical center.
Published: March 18, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and RONI CARYN RABIN
The Food and Drug Administration is taking another look at breast implants because of renewed safety concerns.
Published: March 18, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By LAURA M. HOLSON
New guidelines suggest the risk of bleeding outweighs the heart benefits among healthy adults who take low-dose aspirin.
Published: March 17, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The administration will focus on more than 50 “hot spots” in the U.S. that annually account for half of new H.I.V. infections. A clinic in the Deep South sees the challenges every day.
Published: March 17, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Returning from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency chief also worried that vaccine supplies could run out.
Published: March 15, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Replacement of the aortic valve with a minimally invasive procedure called TAVR proved effective in younger, healthier patients.
Published: March 15, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
About to enter a federal prison, a Massachusetts woman is not permitted to continue taking the opioid as a treatment to block cravings and withdrawal from heroin addiction.
Published: March 14, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
The drugs are not just overprescribed. They often pose special risks to older patients, including tendon problems, nerve damage and mental health issues.
Published: March 14, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN and MATT RICHTEL
Juul and Big Tobacco have lobbied for months to protect themselves from aspects of the F.D.A.’s crackdown. As Scott Gottlieb leaves, they see an opening.
Published: March 14, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
Researchers combing through archives discovered that cigarette makers had applied their marketing wizardry to sweetened beverages and turned generations of children into loyal customers.
Published: March 13, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
Researchers hope the techniques can be applied to help people with Alzheimer’s.
Published: March 13, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency spells out its proposal to require retailers to wall off sections of stores to limit access, a move opposed by many convenience stores.
Published: March 12, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Strategies abound to end the AIDS epidemic, but expense — mostly for drugs costing up to $50,000 a year — is the inevitable obstacle.
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
The F.D.A. made the product review a priority, citing shortages that occurred in the wake of several recalls of drugs that were found to contain potentially cancer-causing chemicals.
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
Under the plan, all new employer-sponsored health plans that use the major insurer will have to pass drug discounts to consumers beginning next year.
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Dr. Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over temporarily now that Dr. Scott Gottlieb is resigning.
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
The flour was mostly sold to supermarket chains in the Southeast.
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL
A century ago, British scientists suggested a link between increased hygiene and allergic conditions — the first hint that our immune systems are becoming improperly “trained.”
Published: March 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse.
Published: March 10, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The “London patient,” apparently cured of H.I.V. infection, has gotten all the attention. But other recently revealed advances are more likely to affect the immediate course of the AIDS epidemic.
Published: March 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Fractures of the fifth metatarsal, in the foot, are common. But doctors treat them in a variety of ways.
Published: March 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Esketamine, the nasal-spray antidepressant recently approved by the F.D.A., is promising, but using it entails some practical challenges.
Published: March 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By HEATHER MURPHY
It seems like it should not be possible, but a recent case showed that sometimes a boy and a girl are born as semi-identical twins.
Published: March 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
The head of Doctors Without Borders said outside groups, including hers, had alienated Congo residents, prompting communities to spurn treatment and even attack medical centers.
Published: March 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
The iconic talk show host has been handed a frightening diagnosis. Here’s what it means.
Published: March 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A fundamental problem — tension between regional offices and the headquarters in Geneva — cannot be fixed by fiat. Still, staffers are set to move around the globe.
Published: March 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase will call their health care upstart Haven.
Published: March 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN and ABBY GOODNOUGH
Doctors and insurers are using federal guidelines as cover to turn away patients, experts tell the C.D.C. and Congress.
Published: March 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
The actor’s death leaves middle-age Americans wondering how it could happen — and whether it could happen to them. Here’s what scientists know.
Published: March 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
The unit of UnitedHealth Group was found to have abused its discretion under federal laws.
Published: March 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
A nasal spray version of the drug ketamine has shown promise as an antidepressant, even if its properties still aren’t well understood.
Published: March 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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