Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil

By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2EVPHt4

When Doctors Serve on Company Boards

By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2EVPKoK

What We Learned From A Year Of Americans 'Risking It' Without Insurance

What We Learned From A Year Of Americans 'Risking It' Without Insurance
Their stories from the trenches reveal a broken health insurance system that is increasingly out of reach.

December 31, 2018 at 02:03PM
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Fentanyl Is Exploding — And Heroin Addicts Are Becoming Reliant On A Nasal Spray To Reverse ODs

Fentanyl Is Exploding — And Heroin Addicts Are Becoming Reliant On A Nasal Spray To Reverse ODs
And drug addicts are far more likely than first responders to save each other with Narcan, since they are often actually shooting up with the person turning blue.

December 31, 2018 at 12:00AM
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In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication

By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2RlLchN

The WWII Battle Against Venereal Disease And Prostitution

The WWII Battle Against Venereal Disease And Prostitution
American service members were contracting STIs at unprecedented rates, and the US government felt it had to do something about it.

December 28, 2018 at 07:13PM
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Man With Cystic Fibrosis Finds Out He Is Receiving A Lung Transplant, Has The Most Joyful Freak Out

Man With Cystic Fibrosis Finds Out He Is Receiving A Lung Transplant, Has The Most Joyful Freak Out
Kevin has not only been battling Cystic Fibrosis since birth but also experienced an unfortunate and unrelated brain injury several years ago. Finally, good news as Loyola University offers him a second chance at life.  (The transplantation was a success.)

December 28, 2018 at 05:05PM
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An Eerie Short Encapsulating What It Feels Like Living With Lifelong Insomnia

An Eerie Short Encapsulating What It Feels Like Living With Lifelong Insomnia
"I imagined that the onslaught of sleep would look like the snuffing out of a candle. It seemed a kind of death."

December 28, 2018 at 12:57PM
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The Complete History Of The Autopsy

The Complete History Of The Autopsy
From Caesar to Michael Jackson, Paul Revere to Napoleon: A look at how, after someone dies, we figure out why.

December 27, 2018 at 07:23PM
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Can Engineering Bacteria Help Treat Genetic Diseases?

Can Engineering Bacteria Help Treat Genetic Diseases?
A pill containing millions of bacteria ready to colonize your gut might be a nightmare to many. But it may become an effective new tool for fighting disease.

December 26, 2018 at 09:39PM
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This Ex-Dentist Is Rooting Out Big Sugar’s Secrets

This Ex-Dentist Is Rooting Out Big Sugar’s Secrets
For decades, companies worked to cast doubt on whether sugar harms — until Cristin Kearns started digging up the dirt.

December 26, 2018 at 07:28PM
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'God Created Everything. Testicles Too'

'God Created Everything. Testicles Too'
Getting to the bottom of what it means to be a man at the twenty-fifth annual Testicle Festival.

December 26, 2018 at 02:49PM
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Marburg Virus, Related to Ebola, Is Found in Bats in West Africa

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Q1CK2L

Planned Parenthood Is Accused Of Mistreating Pregnant Employees

Planned Parenthood Is Accused Of Mistreating Pregnant Employees
Employers that champion women face accusations of discriminating against their pregnant workers, showing how widespread the problem is in American workplaces.

December 24, 2018 at 04:19PM
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Is Your Blood Iron Too High?

Is Your Blood Iron Too High?
Elevated iron is at the center of a web of disease stretching from cancer to diabetes.

December 24, 2018 at 02:02PM
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Celebrity Trainer Runs Down How He Transforms Actors Into Superheros

Celebrity Trainer Runs Down How He Transforms Actors Into Superheros
Different roles. Different goals. Different fitness routines.

December 24, 2018 at 01:08AM
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The Artists Turning Illness Into Comics

The Artists Turning Illness Into Comics
How graphic medicine humanizes the world of health care.

December 23, 2018 at 03:00PM
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Why We Don't Have A Hangover Cure Yet

Why We Don't Have A Hangover Cure Yet
Your hangover is not the same as mine.

December 22, 2018 at 06:20PM
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A Chinese Artist's Humanizing 19th-Century Portraits Of Disfigured Patients

A Chinese Artist's Humanizing 19th-Century Portraits Of Disfigured Patients
Lam Qua's paintings depicting people with huge, bulbous tumors remain mesmerizing.

December 22, 2018 at 05:16PM
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We've Got The Screen Time Debate All Wrong. Let's Fix It

We've Got The Screen Time Debate All Wrong. Let's Fix It
If there's one thing that gets lost most consistently in the conversation over alluring technology, it's that our devices contain multitudes.

December 22, 2018 at 04:15PM
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Cancer Doctors See Encouraging Signs for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2A8JczO

Long-Acting Contraceptives Gaining Acceptance Among U.S. Women

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2BD2LzZ

This Type of Illiteracy Could Hurt You

By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2CrP3Sh

12 People Hospitalized With Infections From Stem Cell Shots

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Juul Closes Deal With Tobacco Giant Altria

By SHEILA KAPLAN and MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2BwMZXs

The Role Of Video Games In A Children's Hospice

The Role Of Video Games In A Children's Hospice
For children facing life-limiting illnesses, adaptive technology allows them to feel independent and express themselves.

December 20, 2018 at 01:51PM
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What We Learned in 2018: Health and Medicine

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A New Disease Is Testing Us For The Next Global Epidemic

A New Disease Is Testing Us For The Next Global Epidemic
As perplexing to diagnose as it is to treat, acute flaccid myelitis is demonstrating how difficult it can be to understand and predict any new disease.

December 19, 2018 at 11:19PM
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Can Parkour Teach Older People To 'Fall Better'?

Can Parkour Teach Older People To 'Fall Better'?
The sport isn't just about extreme jumping. It also focuses on balance and agility, which are important for avoiding injury as people age.

December 19, 2018 at 11:19PM
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The Bullet Lodged in His Knee. Then the Injuries Really Began.

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2T2uotF

Juul May Get Billions in Deal With One of World’s Largest Tobacco Companies

By MATT RICHTEL and SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2R56dxo

Top Cancer Doctor Resigns As Editor of Medical Journal

By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2SYKeFv

The Leading Causes Of Death In The US From 1999 To 2016, Visualized

The Leading Causes Of Death In The US From 1999 To 2016, Visualized
We're all going to die; the only question is how. This animated visualization might give you a clue.

December 19, 2018 at 03:19PM
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Gynecological Tools Throughout The Years, In Photos

Gynecological Tools Throughout The Years, In Photos
The complexities of these objects and their stories — the children they delivered, the women they protected and those they didn’t — played on this photographer's mind throughout her research.

December 19, 2018 at 04:06AM
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Allergan Halts Sales in Europe of Textured Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer

By DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2EtSzNn

Judge Urges CVS and Aetna to Remain Separate During Antitrust Review

By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Guqt7i

How to Help Teenagers Quit Vaping

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2PKnGpX

Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2A5SD2R

Dying To Be Big

Dying To Be Big
After a shocking death made headlines, the question remains: Why do men risk their lives getting silicone injections?

December 18, 2018 at 08:39PM
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I Read 1,182 Emergency Room Bills This Year. Here's What I Learned

I Read 1,182 Emergency Room Bills This Year. Here's What I Learned
A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eye drops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients.

December 18, 2018 at 06:32PM
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Food Shaming Is The Worst Holiday Tradition

Food Shaming Is The Worst Holiday Tradition
In the same way that we learn how to grasp a fork, use a napkin, or master chopsticks at the family dinner table, we also learn a set of moral judgments and hierarchies surrounding food, and the bodies it builds.

December 18, 2018 at 03:26PM
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An Island Nation Starts an Experiment: Vaccines Delivered by Drone

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2SZHMyL

Prepare For The Smart Home Fitness Revolution

Prepare For The Smart Home Fitness Revolution
Forget wearables. The next wave of exercise tech includes home fitness machines that respond directly to you.

December 17, 2018 at 10:40PM
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Study Shows Big Rise in Teen Vaping This Year

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2ChyxUW

The World Needs a Urine Test for TB. But It’s Already Here.

By APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Gn6GGX

Why We Still Don't Know How Many NFL Players Have CTE

Why We Still Don't Know How Many NFL Players Have CTE
If you wanted to know the true prevalence of CTE among NFL players, you'd have to check the entire population of NFL players for CTE.

December 17, 2018 at 09:25PM
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When Report Cards Go Out on Fridays, Child Abuse Increases on Saturdays, Study Finds

By JULIA JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LnW9dg

An Extremely Cute Interabled Couple Discusses Love And Disability

An Extremely Cute Interabled Couple Discusses Love And Disability
Shane Burcaw, who is diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, has been dating his girlfriend Hannah for three years. Together they dispel common myths about interabled intimacy.

December 17, 2018 at 01:00AM
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Health Law Could Be Hard to Knock Down Despite Judge’s Ruling

By JAN HOFFMAN, ROBERT PEAR and ADAM LIPTAK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2S4e9fk

Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional

By ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Bl1y0a