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Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Medical Error and Its Aftermath
"Love Alone," a new play at the Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I., breaks the mold of the medical melodrama in its portrayal of the consequences of a devastating medical mistake.
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Life, Interrupted: The Beat Goes On
Oncology wards, more than anywhere else I know, are musicless places. But on one special day, my friends in the Stay Human Band brought music to my hospital room, writes Suleika Jaouad.
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Hospitals and Insurers Join to Cut Health Care Costs
Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation?s $2.7 trillion health care bill.
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Many Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Says
Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.
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F.D.A. Panel Votes Against Expansion of Anticoagulant
The Food and Drug Administration said concerns over bleeding outweighed the evidence that Xarelto reduced the risk of blood clots.
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Recipes for Health: Stuffed Collard Greens ? Recipes for Health
With herbs, tender rice and a lemony sauce, these rolls will have you thinking of the Mediterranean.
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Well: The Raw Meat Diet for Pets
A vocal minority of pet food owners are willing to pay a premium for raw pets foods, believing they are healthier for their dogs and cats than commercially prepared foods.
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Phys Ed: Phys Ed: Are Marathons Bad for the Heart?
The death from heart attack of the ultramarathoner Micah True has raised awareness about the safety of marathon racing and training. But the science suggests that distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you -- except when, in rare instances, they do.
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Native Americans Struggle With High Rate of Rape
The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.
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Well: The Doctor's Remedy: Biofeedback for Stress
Patients aren't the only ones interested in alternative and complementary medicine. In a new series, Well talks to doctors across the country to find out what nontraditional medicines or therapies they sometimes recommend or use themselves.
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Tailoring Treatments for Alcoholics
Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
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Well: New Data on Harms of Prostate Cancer Screening
In a controversial finding, a government task force concluded that the harms of the simple blood test far outweigh any potential benefit.
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Advertising: Band-Aids and Muppets Soothe Child?s Scrapes
A free app for iPhones and iPads linked to Muppets Band-Aids makes a Muppet character appear to emerge from the bandage to console the injured child.
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Direct Primary Care Providers Lower Cost of Concierge Services
Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.
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Gains in Health System Seen as Lasting by Some
The new health care law has improved the system for patients, and those gains will survive any Supreme Court decision, some Democratic officials said.
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Katie Beckett, Who Inspired Health Reform, Dies at 34
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, called Ms. Beckett ?an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.?
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Jean Pakter, Women?s Health Advocate in New York, Dies at 101
As head of the city?s maternity services bureau, Dr. Pakter supported a law that legalized abortion in New York before Roe v. Wade, and one of her studies led to a breakthrough in care for premature babies.
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Secret Clinics Tend to Bahrain?s Wounded
Amid an uprising, ?no one goes to the hospital,? one protester said. The police are there.
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Global Update: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight Malaria
About a third of the drug samples from Southeast Asia and Africa failed in testing, according to a report by an American agency.
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A Long View on Health Care: Think Like an Investor
A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.
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Well: Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk
Two new studies associate a common disorder of sleep that causes pauses in breathing with a higher risk of cancer.
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Well: Taking Calcium May Pose Heart Risks
In a large European study, people who were taking calcium supplements had nearly a 30 percent greater risk of heart attack over four years than those who were not.
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Vital Signs: Patterns: Shot Protects Against More Than the Flu
Pregnant women who were vaccinated against the flu were more likely to deliver regular-size babies, at a point closer to the due date, an analysis showed.
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Vital Signs: Nutrition: Some Fats May Harm the Brain More
A study followed fat consumption among women older than 65 and tracked their mental ability over four years.
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Vital Signs: Vital Signs: An Olympic Respite From Air Pollution
Researchers measured heart rates, blood pressure and biomarkers in 125 doctors before, during and after the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Well: Listening to the Story of Micah True
Instead of reading about the distance runner Micah True, why not grab your running shoes and listen to the story of the remarkable ultramarathoner known as Caballo Blanco?
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The New Old Age Blog: Managing Care Online
Caregivers are looking to the Web to help coordinate care for ailing family members.
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The New Old Age Blog: L.B.J. Was Wrong
As many as one-third of the elderly die owing more in medical fees than they have in assets, according to a new study.
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The New Old Age Blog: Revived by Music
A documentary director and a social worker hatch a new idea: personalized music for every nursing home resident.
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The New Old Age Blog: A Twist in the Driving Debate
Researchers find that many older adults who stop driving hit the road again.
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Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births
Ina May Gaskin, the original home-birth evangelist, is finally winning converts in the mainstream.
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Personal Health: A Richer Life by Seeing the Glass Half Full
How to define optimism, put it into practice and enjoy its benefits.
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Really?: Never Brush Your Teeth Immediately After a Meal
Research shows that brushing too soon after meals and drinks, especially those that are acidic, can do more harm than good.
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HEALTH: The 20-Minute Workout
Gretchen Reynolds, the Phys Ed columnist, on the science of high-intensity interval training, or H.I.T., which scientists are finding can be as effective as longer endurance training.
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HEALTH: In Love and Loss
Michael French has frontotemporal dementia, for which there is no treatment. As his condition deteriorated, his wife, Ruth, had to move him to a nursing home, where she spends most days.
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Letters: Sperm Donors and Disease (3 Letters)
Letters to the editor.
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Letters: Losing More to Gain More (1 Letter)
Letter to the editor.
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Economic View: Slippery-Slope Logic vs. Health Care Law - Economic View
The court debate over the new health care law offers yet another example of worrying about imaginary risks.
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Op-Ed Columnist: Saving the Lives of Moms
On Mother?s Day, let?s celebrate a fistula hospital that you readers helped build, and the many African women whose lives it will surely save.
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A New Treatment Zeroes In on Cellulite
Cellulaze, a new treatment that requires only one doctor?s visit, is being breathlessly hailed by many as a bona fide solution, but some doctors have reservations.
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Books: New Perspectives From Cancer Patients
Two new books, one by a group of medical ethicists and another by the feminist critic Susan Gubar, offer searing accounts of confronting a lethal disease.
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Big Challenges Ahead for Johnson?s New Chief
Johnson & Johnson has selected a leader from inside the firm who describes himself as a ?realistic optimist.?
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Op-Docs: For the Uninsured, the Wait for Health Care
A composite day in the life of patients at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
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The Kabul Hospital That Treats All Sides
There is one hospital in Kabul that treats anyone, from any side, no questions asked. The horrors of the war blow through its doors every day.
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Op-Ed Contributor: A Judge?s Plea for Medical Marijuana
For cancer patients, marijuana is a medical and a human rights issue. New York should pass the medical marijuana bill this year.
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News Analysis: Taking Truvada to Prevent H.I.V. Also Comes With Risks
Taking Truvada daily can help people in at-risk groups prevent H.I.V. infection, but the consequences of loose adherence go beyond contracting the virus.
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Trial Vaccine Made Some More Vulnerable to H.I.V., Study Confirms
In 2007, a trial of an AIDS vaccine made by Merck was stopped early when it became clear that it was not protecting everyone. Now a follow-up study has confirmed the worst fears of researchers.
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HDL ?Good Cholesterol? Found Not to Cut Heart Risk
People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called ?good cholesterol,? showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death
Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.
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Alzheimer?s Prevention Is Aim of Drug Trial
A clinical trial of Crenezumab will focus largely on members of a Colombian family who are genetically destined to develop the disease but who do not yet have any symptoms.
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Recipes for Health: Pasta With Collard Greens and Onions ? Recipes for Health
Slow cooking sweetens the collards in this satisfying pasta dish.
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Recipes for Health: Lasagna With Collard Greens ? Recipes for Health
The greens partner with the noodles to give structure to this hearty baked pasta dish.
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Recipes for Health: Breakfast Tacos With Eggs, Onions and Collard Greens ? Recipes for Health
These comforting, easy tacos don?t have to be relegated to the breakfast table.
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Recipes for Health: Spicy Stir-Fried Collard Greens With Red or Green Cabbage
Collards are a nutritious and versatile vegetable, whether you just want to get a quick, satisfying meal on the table or take the time to coax out their sweetness.
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Reporter's File: Sickle Cell Disease Outlook Continues to Improve
On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
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