Health
How to Talk About Sex With Your Partner
Many couples find it hard to open up about their intimate lives, but these tips can guide the way.
Study Suggests Waiting Longer Before Withdrawing L...
A review of a limited number of cases of unresponsive patients with severe traumatic brain injuries raised questions abo...
FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Fo...
The treatment is for patients with small cell lung cancer, which afflicts about 35,000 people in the U.S. a year.
Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a...
In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new...
C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox
A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a ...
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone
If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis fo...
U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid...
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of mi...
Did You Have Syphilis When You Were Pregnant? We W...
Congenital syphilis has risen significantly in the United States. The Times would like to talk to women who experienced ...
Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First ...
Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from...
Emma Seppälä Has Thoughts on How to Avoid Kneejerk...
The psychologist studies how to recognize emotions and cope with them. She learned the hard way.
Family Members at One Another’s Throats? Call In t...
Trained negotiators can help families struggling with vexing elder-care issues.
Hilary Cass Says U.S. Doctors Are ‘Out of Date’ on...
Dr. Hilary Cass published a landmark report that led to restrictions on youth gender care in Britain. U.S. health groups...
‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Look?
An outdated medical term often masks treatable illnesses, health experts contend.
Patient Dies Weeks After Kidney Transplant From Ge...
Richard Slayman received the historic procedure in March. The hospital said it had “no indication” his death was related...
Can Parrots Converse? Polly Says That’s the Wrong ...
In a cautious new paper, scientists tried to determine whether an interactive speech board might enrich the life of a pa...
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Mediator for Life’s Final M...
A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-...
Biden Administration to Pay Dairy Farmers for Bird...
The payment system amounted to one of the most forceful actions taken so far by agriculture officials who have raced to ...
Herbert Pardes, Who Steered the Growth of a Giant ...
A psychiatrist, he ran New York-Presbyterian after a merger, improving patient care, finances and fund-raising to expand...
How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers...
Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there has virtually been no testing on farms...
Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Inters...
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance ...