Asthma 3-in-1 Therapy May Improve Lung Function, Study Shows

Two clinical trials show that using a single inhaler with three drugs may help people whose asthma is difficult to treat.

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Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice.

The evidence is too weak to justify telling individuals to eat less beef and pork, according to new research. The findings “erode public trust,” critics said.

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That Perplexing Red Meat Controversy: 5 Things to Know

It may be the most unexpected dietary finding to come along in years.

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Shuping Wang, Who Helped Expose China’s Rural AIDS Crisis, Dies at 59

She braved ostracism, assault and the loss of her job to expose the spread of the disease in rural China. A play about her has opened in London.

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Zantac Sales Halted by Walgreens and CVS Over Carcinogen Fears

The pharmacy chains pulled the heartburn medication from shelves after the Food and Drug Administration warned that it had detected low levels of a cancer-causing chemical in samples of the drug.

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Intensive Care: What Makes a ‘Good’ Parent?

Parents can feel inadequate if they fall short of the idealized view of intensive parenting, in which they act directly and decisively in the child’s life.

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Keeping an Older Dog Vibrant

As with people, probably the most important measure for keeping dogs healthy and promoting a long, active and happy life is to keep them trim.

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How Runners Can Stay Visible as the Daylight Hours Shrink

Wearing lights and reflective gear can help drivers see you when running in the dark.

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When Is the Best Time to Get Your Flu Shot?

Immunity to the flu virus may wane over the course of the flu season, so you don’t want to get a flu shot too early, or too late.

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‘We Need Each Other’: Seniors Are Drawn to New Housing Arrangements

Older Americans are exploring housing alternatives, including villages and home-sharing.

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Dank Vapes, TKO and Other THC Vaping Brands Linked to Illnesses, C.D.C. Says

Health officials released the names of several products identified by patients who have been sickened in Illinois and Wisconsin.

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A Positive Outlook May Be Good for Your Heart

People who were optimists tended to have better heart health and live longer.

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Social Mania

His bipolar episodes were unpredictable in every way, except for how predictably they manifested on Facebook.

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Vaping-Related Illnesses Climb to 805, C.D.C. Says

The latest weekly tally includes 275 more reports of patients sickened, in 46 states. There are now 12 deaths linked to vaping-related lung injuries.

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These Ants Use Germ-Killers, and They’re Better Than Ours

Parasitic fungi do not seem to develop resistance to the chemicals, suggesting new ways to prevent antibiotic resistance.

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What’s Stopping You From Eating More Insects?

Scientists who study bugs are thinking harder about how to turn them into good food.

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When Depression Is Like a Cancer

Just as cancer may go into remission but still kill in the end, depression is a chronic disease that may ultimately prove fatal even with state-of-the-art care and resources.

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When Music Is the Best Medicine

Music therapists can meet the spiritual, psychological and aesthetic needs of the afflicted by producing sounds testifying to the fact that beauty continues to exist in the world.

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Mattel, Maker of Barbie, Debuts Gender-Neutral Dolls

The “Creatable World” dolls can be styled with short or long hair, and skirts, pants or both.

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Prehistoric People Used Pottery Baby Bottles

With the advent of agriculture, parents began feeding animal milk to children, a change in how babies were weaned.

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Employer Health Insurance Is Increasingly Unaffordable, Study Finds

A relentless rise in premiums and deductibles is putting insurance out of reach for many workers, especially those with low incomes.

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Gum Disease May Raise Hypertension Risk

People with gum disease tended to have higher blood pressure, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke.

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Juul Shake-up: C.E.O. Steps Down

The e-cigarette maker has faced mounting criticism from regulators and the public over teenage vaping.

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Fires Rage in Indonesia, Turning the Sky Red

Wildfires burning across Indonesia have created respiratory problems for nearly a million people.

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How an Ice Bath May Undermine Your Weight Workout

Cold water immersion is popular with some athletes, but it may slow the growth of new muscle.

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Window in the Drapes

The most hidden corners of our bodies are exposed and manipulated by surgeons, then put back together again, all in the course of a morning or afternoon.

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Fires Rage in Indonesia, Turning the Sky Red

Wildfires burning across Indonesia have created respiratory problems for nearly a million people.

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South Korean Clinic Performed Abortion on Wrong Woman, Police Say

An expectant mother in Seoul, South Korea, was mistakenly given an abortion after her medical charts were mixed up with another woman’s, the police said.

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Cats Like People! (Some People, Anyway)

Despite apparent aloofness, cats are social creatures capable of relationships with people, a new study suggests.

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Sleep Apnea Tied to Mood Disorders

People with obstructive sleep apnea were more likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety than those without the condition.

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Coffee May Lower Risk of Gallstones

Every additional cup a day of coffee, up to six cups, resulted in a 3 percent lower risk for gallstones. B

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Is Everyone Doing Chemo Without Me?

I wanted to relish being spared the toxicity and side effects of chemo, but if it could help me potentially live longer, spend more time with my kids, shouldn’t I do it anyway?

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A German Court Defines Hangovers as an Illness

As Oktoberfest begins, a German court said that companies selling anti-hangover products were illegally marketing them as “preventing, treating or healing a human illness.”

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Health Experts Fight Ebola in Congo, and Each Other

As the epidemic rages in a violent, embattled region, two important players — the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders — clash over how to end it.

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How Anti-Vax Sentiment Took Hold in the United States

As families face back-to-school medical requirements this month, the country feels the impact of a vaccine resistance movement decades in the making.

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A Simple Regimen Can Prevent TB. Why Aren’t More People on It?

Two antibiotics, taken for a month, can stop a leading killer. But “when it’s for TB, people just sort of shrug.”

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Exploring a Possible Link Between C-Sections and Autism

Children born by cesarean section may have important differences that affect their neurodevelopment.

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Exploring a Possible Link Between C-Sections and Autism

Children born by cesarean section may have important differences that affect their neurodevelopment.

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Why Can’t We Stop Pancreatic Cancer?

There is little a person can do to prevent it, and there is nothing comparable to mammography or colonoscopy to screen for it when it is most amenable to cure.

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Running With My Mom: Nowhere to Go but Up

I had run through grief before, but I was alone. This time, I would be doing it with my mother.

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Jonathan Van Ness of ‘Queer Eye’ Comes Out

The reality-show star opens up about being an addict, a sexual abuse survivor and H.I.V. positive.

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Nurses in Four States Strike to Push for Better Patient Care

Registered nurses with National Nurses United say current nurse-to-patient ratios do not allow for the best possible care.

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David Jones, Health Care Entrepreneur Behind Humana, Is Dead at 88

Mr. Jones and a partner built large chains of nursing homes and hospitals. He later turned Humana into a major force in health insurance.

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Walmart to End Sales of E-Cigarettes

Vaping-related lung illnesses have been on the rise, and investigations are underway by Federal and state health departments.

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Our Anniversaries Matched Their Gifts

Traditional gifts for a fourth anniversary are fruit and flowers. Things with short lives; things easily bruised.

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Banish Roundup From the Farm? It’ll Take More Than Lawsuits

After a blockbuster acquisition, Bayer may lose billions over claims that the No. 1 agricultural chemical is unsafe. But its market niche seems secure.

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Abortions in Clinics Decline, but Abortions With Black-Market Pills Are Rising

Evidence suggests more American women are ‘self-managing’ their abortions.

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Purdue Says Sacklers May Walk From Opioid Deal if Judge Does Not Block Cases

The company said the cost of fighting lawsuits brought by states could jeopardize its owners’ ability to contribute $3 billion to a national opioids settlement.

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Should You Keep Taking Zantac for Your Heartburn?

Versions of the drug have been found to contain low levels of a carcinogen. But it’s still on pharmacy shelves. Here’s what you need to know.

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Scientists Identify Neurons That Help the Brain Forget

In mice, cells in the hypothalamus clears out old memories while the animals sleep.

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Is It Time to Quit Vaping?

Health officials have recommended that people refrain from using e-cigarettes as they investigate a severe lung illness that has killed seven people. Here are some things to consider.

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Vaping Illnesses Increase to 530 Probable Cases

More than three-fourths of those sickened are male, health officials said, and half are under 25. Some of the illnesses are so severe that the C.D.C. says it expects more deaths.

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Treating the Incredible Shrinking Vagina

What is “vaginal atrophy,” and how can you stop it?

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India Plans to Ban E-Cigarettes, as Global Backlash Intensifies

Juul and other manufacturers had hoped to expand to the country, which has one of the highest rates of tobacco use in the world.

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Sterilized Workers Seek to Collect Damages Against Dow Chemical in France

A pesticide made by Dow Chemical sterilized thousands of banana workers in Nicaragua decades ago. In an unusual legal move, they are turning to France to enforce payment.

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Philippines Declares Polio Outbreak After 19 Years Free of the Disease

The country’s health secretary said that government scientists had confirmed one case in the southern province of Lanao del Sur and were looking at another suspected case.

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Does Your Dog Need Swim Lessons?

The most common setting where dogs drown is in swimming pools.

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Cancer Patients Tell Us About Finding Clothing to Adapt to Changing Bodies

“The stockings don’t look very good but I’ve decided to change my attitude about that and say they are chic,” one patient writes.

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What Will My Grandchild Remember?

When we think about what we leave behind as grandparents, we hope we will have transmitted lessons about kindness, justice, strength and confidence, the boundless nature of love.

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What Should Young Children Drink? Mostly Milk and Water, Scientists Say

Infants and toddlers should not be given soda, chocolate milk or other sweetened drinks, according to strict new guidelines.

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Teenage Vaping Rises Sharply Again This Year

Preliminary figures from a national survey show that the prevalence of e-cigarette use among minors has doubled from 2017 through this year, despite national campaigns warning of the dangers.

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Early Inflammation May Portend Early Death

Even in apparently healthy adolescents, signs of inflammation may portend premature death in adulthood.

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America’s Abortion Rate Has Dropped to Its Lowest Ever

New research suggests contraception and fewer pregnancies are more responsible for the decline than state laws restricting abortion.

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America’s Abortion Rate Has Dropped to Its Lowest Ever

New research suggests contraception and fewer pregnancies are more responsible for the decline than state laws restricting abortion.

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Taking Up Running After 50? It’s Never Too Late to Shine

People who start running competitively in their 50s can become as swift and well-muscled as older runners who have trained lifelong.

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What Can Brain Scans Tell Us About Sex?

Men’s and women’s brains respond to erotic imagery in pretty much the same way. That could have big implications for how we think about sexuality.

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What to Do When Your Tween Is Trash-Talking You

Your child no longer likes your taste in clothes? Four tips for keeping your cool.

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States Rush to Limit Vaping, but Results Remain Uncertain

Without knowing what has caused a spate of vaping-related illnesses, experts said it was unclear whether new state and local regulations could have much immediate effect.

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Virtual Reality Video Games That Double as Exercise

Virtual reality is still niche, but a growing crop of VR games with a fitness element may inspire people to pick up a headset. Here’s what to know before you get started.

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Alex Trebek Says He’s in a New Round of Chemotherapy

The “Jeopardy!” host revealed in March that he had Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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Women Poop. At Work. Get Over It.

It’s time to smash the pootriarchy.

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Antibiotics Tied to Heart Valve Problems

The class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Levaquin and others) may increase the risk of heart valve problems.

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Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already.

In his new essay collection, “We Are the Weather,” Jonathan Safran Foer turns his attention to the climate crisis. Mark Bittman weighs in.

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Why We Feel Compelled to Say ‘Bless You’ When Someone Sneezes

Attributing divine blessing to a sneeze may serve various functions when ordinary explanations are lacking.

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Would a Purdue Bankruptcy Protect the Sacklers? Good Question.

Here’s what the OxyContin maker’s Chapter 11 filing means and doesn’t mean.

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As Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Drags On, Untracked Cases Sow Confusion

On tour in Africa, American officials said the U.S. would keep providing aid. But Congo’s response has been uneven, and the former health minister has been jailed.

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A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World

The International Life Sciences Association, with branches in 18 countries, is funded by giants of the food and drug industries.

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Day Care Directors Are Playing Doctor, and Parents Suffer

Many policies on children with minor ailments are unhelpful.

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The Temporary Memory Lapse of Transient Global Amnesia

Those with T.G.A. do not experience any alteration in consciousness or abnormal movements. Only the ability to lay down memories is affected.

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When Your Child Gets Sick on a Plane and Needs a Doctor

Research on in-flight emergencies suggests that parents should pack pediatric medicines in their carry-on bags and keep children out of aisle seats.

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Purdue Pharma Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The filing is a centerpiece of an agreement to settle thousands of cases against the company for its role in the opioids crises. But it is expected to be vigorously contested by a group of 26 states.

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Purdue Pharma Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The filing is a centerpiece of an agreement to settle thousands of cases against the company for its role in the opioids crises. But it is expected to be vigorously contested by a group of 26 states.

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New York Moves to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes by Emergency Order

The state would become the second in the nation, behind Michigan, to outlaw sale of the fruity flavors popular with children and teenagers.

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Vaping Bad: Were 2 Wisconsin Brothers the Walter Whites of THC Oils?

As authorities work to understand the spate of vaping-related lung illnesses, a small-town drug bust offers a closer look at the vast black market for vaping supplies.

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Opioid Defendants Seek to Disqualify Judge Overseeing 2,300 Cases

A Hail Mary pass by drug distributors and pharmacy chains on the eve of a landmark federal trial argues that the judge already believes that defendants should pay.

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In First, California Would Require Public Universities to Provide Abortion Pills

The bill, if signed by the governor, would mark a new way of giving women access to abortion as conservative states tighten restrictions

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New York Uncovers $1 Billion in Sackler Family Wire Transfers

In a court filing, the state attorney general’s office says that it has found new account transfers by family members who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioids.

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For Older Patients, an ‘Afterworld’ of Hospital Care

Long-term care hospitals tend to the sickest of patients, often near the end of their lives. Many will never return home.

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Who’s Behind the Millions Spent on Ads Opposing ‘Surprise Billing’ Law?

Two doctor-staffing companies, backed by private equity, push back against legislation that could hit their bottom lines.

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Peanut Allergy Drug Will Protect Children, Experts Tell F.D.A.

One in 50 American children is allergic to peanuts. Palforzia does not cure the condition, but it can blunt life-threatening reactions.

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Zantac Has Low Levels of a Cancer-Causing Chemical, the F.D.A. Says

The chemical, NDMA, is the same one found in the blood pressure drug valsartan, which led to widespread recalls last year.

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My Father’s Musical Legacy

The sound of the piano was the language of my father’s heart, and at 16 it was too big for me.

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At a Maternity Center Near a War Zone, 20 Births in One Day

A hospital in a remote area of Afghanistan is a haven for impoverished mothers and newborns in a country ravaged by war.

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A Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Would Sharply Cut Sales

Companies and trade groups weigh the risks of waging a fight against a proposed ban on most flavored vaping products, to protect mint and menthol brands.

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To Save a Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy, New York Will Repeal It

The City Council fears that if a lawsuit challenging the ban reaches the Supreme Court, the panel could issue a ruling protecting the practice.

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A French Worker Died After Sex on a Business Trip. His Company Is Liable.

Labor law in France has strong protections in such cases, even if the accident or injury had little to do with the employee’s job.

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A Marathoner and His Amputee Sister Take to the Water

His two feet have carried him for thousands of miles. His sister has only one.

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We Know It Harms Kids to See Smoking on TV. What About Rape?

Just as research suggests that we should shield young viewers from seeing fictional depictions of smoking and suicide, studies indicate that watching rape scenes can also do harm.

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What Are My Long-Term Care Options?

The choices are numerous and confusing. Whether you’re looking for yourself or your parents, here is some guidance.

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A Breeding Ground for a Fatal Scourge: Nursing Homes

Drug-resistant germs, including Candida auris, prey on severely ill patients in skilled nursing facilities, a problem sometimes amplified by poor care and low staffing.

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If You Hate Floss, It’s O.K. to Try These Alternatives

Experts with the A.D.A. and the C.D.C. told us five things to try if you hate regular floss — and what you should avoid.

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Purdue Pharma Settles Opioids Case

The company and its owners, members of the Sackler family, have reached the first comprehensive settlement in thousands of cases nationwide.

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How Immunotherapy Might Be Used to Treat Heart Failure

Modified immune cells may be trained not just to attack cancer, but any cells in the body that cause disease, a new study suggests.

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Why Aren’t There Better Cancer Drugs? Scientists May Have Picked the Wrong Targets.

Drugs can stop cancer cells if they attack the right proteins. But many of these targets were chosen with dated, imprecise technology, a new study suggests.

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Vaping Use Prompts Trump Administration to Weigh Flavored E-Cigarettes Ban

As vaping-related illnesses spread, President Trump and top health officials met at the White House to discuss ways to keep the products away from teenagers.

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Trump Administration Weighs New Limits on Flavored E-Cigarettes

As vaping-related illnesses spreads, President Trump and top health officials met at the White House to discuss ways to keep the products away from teenagers.

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Is It Time to Quit Vaping?

Public health officials have recommended that people consider refraining from vaping while they investigate hundreds of cases of lung illness and six deaths linked to e-cigarettes in a largely unexplained health scare. Here’s what we know so far.

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Is It Time to Quit Vaping?

Public health officials have recommended that people consider refraining from vaping while they investigate hundreds of cases of lung illness and six deaths linked to e-cigarettes in a largely unexplained health scare. Here’s what we know so far.

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Health Toll of 9/11 May Include Heart Ills

Firefighters who came to the World Trade Center site were at higher risk of heart attacks and stroke years later.

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Dutch Court Clears Doctor in Euthanasia of Dementia Patient

Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, but prosecutors said they had filed charges in an effort to clarify ambiguities in the law.

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Pelosi Energizes Battle to Lower Drug Prices

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s draft plan to allow the federal government to negotiate the price of hundreds of drugs will add new urgency to Washington’s effort to fight rising prescription costs.

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What the Ingebrigtsen Brothers Can Teach Us About Nature, Nurture and Running

There’s more than one right way to rear and shape young athletes.

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The Unusual Tale of the Roaming Gallstones

The back pain and odd growth seemed to indicate cancer. But one doctor had a different idea entirely.

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Bloomberg Takes on Vaping After Giving $1 Billion to Fight Tobacco

New York’s former mayor has committed $160 million to ban flavored e-cigarettes amid a series of efforts designed to increase oversight of the industry.

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Lasker Awards Honor Advances in Modern Immunology

The prizes recognized the discoverers of B and T lymphocytes, pioneers in genetic engineering to fight breast cancer, and a nonprofit that helps get vaccines to the world’s poorest children.

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What Painting With Your Feet Does to Your Brain

These two artists do everything with their feet. A new study found that their brain views their toes similarly to fingers.

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Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity’s Ancestor — on a Computer

By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern humans.

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Share of Americans With Health Insurance Declined in 2018

The drop, despite a strong economy, was the first since 2014 and at least partly caused by efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act.

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Seeking an Obesity Cure, Researchers Turn to the Gut Microbiome

The link between the gut and metabolic disease is a growing area of obesity research.

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My Best Friend Died by Suicide. I Wish I Had Seen the Warning Signs.

Neil was the toughest guy I knew in the Air Force. But no one taught us how to cope with PTSD.

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How Parents Can Stay Close to Grown-Up Children

Many parents sending kids off to college worry that their time as a family is over. But that isn’t always the case these days.

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Bernie Sanders Went to Canada, and a Dream of ‘Medicare for All’ Flourished

The Vermont senator has staked his presidential campaign, and much of his political legacy, on transforming health care in America. His mother’s illness, and a trip he made to study the Canadian system, help explain why.

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Too Little Sleep, or Too Much, May Raise Heart Attack Risk

Getting less than six hours of sleep a night, or more than nine hours, might increase the risk for heart attack.

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Juul Violated Federal Rules by Marketing Vaping Products as Safer Than Cigarettes, F.D.A. Says

The agency sent a warning letter to the company. In a separate letter, it also requested more information about the company’s outreach to students, health insurers, employers and Native American tribes.

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High Doses of Vitamin D Don’t Strengthen Bones

Vitamin D supplements may even lead to decreases in bone density.

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Who’s Missing From Breast Cancer Trials? Men, Says the F.D.A.

Men do get breast cancer, but they account for fewer than 1 percent of patients and often receive inadequate care.

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‘This Is a Possibility’: Akwaeke Emezi Writes a Trans Story Where Nobody Gets Hurt

The “Freshwater” novelist forays into Y.A. and attempts to find balance amid multiple book and TV projects.

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Walking on Eggshells in Medical Schools

Is it possible to train doctors without hurting anyone’s feelings?

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The Challenge of Identifying Sjogren’s Syndrome

The main symptoms — dry eyes and mouth, fatigue and limb pain — are common complaints associated with any number of health problems.

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What You Need to Know About Vaping-Related Lung Illness

Coughing, fatigue and shortness of breath are warning signs for anyone who has vaped within the last 90 days.

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What Kids Can Learn From a Resilient Runner

A children’s book tells the true story of running 3,452 miles across the country as inspiration for finding a path to achieving your goals.

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Major Opioid Maker Is Close to Settling Case to Avert First Federal Trial

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals announced a tentative agreement to pay $24 million to settle claims brought by two Ohio counties, and to give away $6 million of its drugs.

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A Third Person Has Died From a Vaping-Related Lung Disease

Indiana announced the death on Friday, saying only that the person was over 18. State and federal health officials are working urgently to understand the cause.

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A Third Person Has Died From a Vaping-Related Lung Disease

Indiana announced the death on Friday, saying only that the person was over 18. State and federal health officials are working urgently to understand the cause.

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Death By Diet Soda?

A new study that links artificially sweetened beverages to premature death is prompting public angst. Some scientists say it has significant flaws.

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Coffee With the Man Who Used to Be My Wife

We were two kids once, a boy and a girl, making plans for the rest of our lives. Now we were two men in middle age, sharing memories.

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How Tim Ferriss Tuned Into (and Turned On) Psychedelic Medicine

The author of “The 4-Hour Workweek” is behind a surge in funding for clinical research into psychedelic drugs.

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The Role of Nurses When Patients Decide to End Their Lives

Some hospitals and hospices have policies that forbid nurses to be part of the process or even to discuss end-of-life options.

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New York State Suspects Vitamin E May Have Played a Role in Vaping Illnesses

Health officials around the country are still investigating numerous possible causes and have tested only some of the devices used by ill patients.

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‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: Adult Children on the Pain, and Joy, of Caring for Elderly Parents

Readers shared their experiences of helping ailing relatives. For some, it brought crippling financial burdens and depression. Many also found moments of profound joy.

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Fighting the Shame of Skin Picking

For many people with body-focused repetitive behaviors, the predominant effects are cosmetic, and the consequences emotional and social.

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How to Safeguard Children Against Cyberbullying

Recognizing warning signs and documenting the bullying may help, experts say.

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How to Get TB Patients to Take Their Pills? Persistent Texting and a ‘Winners Circle’

The drug regimens can be grueling, and patients often quit taking their medications. But turning it into a cellphone competition helps.

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Another Patient Has Died From Lung Disease After Vaping

Health authorities in Oregon are investigating the case but would not identify the age of the patient or the brand of the device used.

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Pubic Hair Removal Does Not Raise Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk

Women who removed all pubic hair did not have higher rates of chlamydia or gonorrhea.

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Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research

The research center, with $17 million from donors, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the scientific establishment.

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Can You Draw This? Of Course You Can

Sketching is a form of visual thinking that exercises the mind and body, and it’s easy to turn your tablet into a portable art studio.

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Aerobic Fitness May Trump Strength for Metabolic Health

Endurance affects metabolism substantially more than muscular strength does, a new study suggests.

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Get Vaccinated or Leave School: 26,000 N.Y. Children Face a Choice

Religious exemptions for vaccinations are no longer available. With the start of the school year, some parents face a reckoning.

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Getting Your Protein From Plants May Help You Live Longer

Japanese men and women who consumed the most plant proteins had a lower rate of cardiovascular death and stroke.

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These High-Flying Geese Are ‘the Astronauts of the Bird World’

Bar-headed geese migrate above 26,000 feet. A better understanding of their efficient use of oxygen could have implications for human medical treatment.

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Is Dying at Home Overrated?

A palliative care physician struggles with the complex realities of dying at home, and the unintended consequences of making it a societal priority.

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Getting Your Medical Records Through an App? There’s a Catch. And a Fight.

Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could lead to invasions of privacy.

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The Hospital Treated These Patients. Then It Sued Them.

Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in New Mexico, has filed lawsuits by the thousands.

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Interventions to Prevent Psychosis

An impending psychotic break can be identified and prevented if it is recognized early and appropriate steps are taken to head it off.

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On the Job, 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month

A home health aide for a 77-year-old man serves as social worker, diaper changer, dietitian, day planner, warden and more — all at dismal wages.

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Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People With Type 2 Diabetes

A review of patient records finds startling differences, but critics say a clinical trial must be done.

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