Category: Health

“Age in place or stay put? »

Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.

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Inside Novo Nordisk, the company behind Ozempic an...

Novo Nordisk’s factories work nonstop turning out Ozempic and Wegovy, its blockbuster weight-loss drugs, but the Danish company ha...

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Some older women need additional breast exams. Why...

Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often...

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Scientists criticize federal response to bird flu ...

Officials have shared little information, saying the outbreak was limited. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina have changed th...

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Martin Wygod, a winner on Wall Street and the race...

After he made a fortune selling prescription drugs and providing medical information online, he and his wife became leading breede...

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How to be less self-critical when perfectionism is...

Perfectionism among young people has skyrocketed, but experts say there are ways to quiet your inner critic.

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Texas surgeon accused of secretly refusing liver t...

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disprop...

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24 hours in a makeshift migrant shelter in the Cal...

The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be a...

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The need for a better dengue vaccine becomes incre...

A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop th...

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Bennett Braun, the psychiatrist who fueled the 'Sa...

He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.

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In the battle over health care costs, private equi...

As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers b...

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Large scientific study confirms benefits of physic...

Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did.

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