Hip Makers Told to Study More Data
By BARRY MEIER
The Food and Drug Administration ordered all producers of a popular category of artificial hip to study the implants, which have been linked to severe health effects in some patients.
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With Dementia, Seeking Clues
By CELIA WATSON SEUPEL
"Why are we in this tunnel?" my mother asks. If you'd been with us earlier in the day, you'd never have known she has dementia.
Critics Fear G.O.P.’s Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Cut Coverage for the Aged
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
As Republicans inch away from their plan to reshape Medicare, their equally transformative ideas for Medicaid, now largely in the shadows of the budget debate, are moving front and center.
Appellate Court Hears Defense of Health Law
By KEVIN SACK
The Obama administration opened its defense of the health care act before three randomly selected judges who each had been appointed by Democratic presidents.
Boston Scientific’s Chief Says He Will Resign at Year’s End
By REUTERS
The shares of Boston Scientific fell 9 percent after the news that Ray Elliott was stepping down as chief.
Penn Gets $225 Million for Its School of Medicine
By TAMAR LEWIN
The gift from Raymond and Ruth Perelman, two prominent Philadelphia philanthropists, is the largest in the university’s history.
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A pilot project costing only $20,244 saved the lives of 97 infants, the authors estimated, meaning that it cost just $208 per life saved.
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Fixated by Screens, but Seemingly Nothing Else
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
Is a child’s ability to stay focused on TV or a video game, though not on anything else, a cause or an effect of attention problems — or both?
Post a CommentHazy Recall as a Signal Foretelling Depression
By ALASTAIR GEE
An “overgeneral memory,” a tendency to recall past events in a broad, vague manner, may be a predictor of mental illness.
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Researchers Employ New Test to Estimate Concussion Risk for Helmets
Antipsychotic Drugs Called Hazardous for the Elderly
Census Data Reveals a Shift in Patterns of Childbearing
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All About the Invidious Irritants That Irk Individuals
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
From physics and psychology to aesthetics, genetics and even treatment for the miserably, terminally annoyed, a new book covers all the terrain.
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PERSONAL HEALTH
‘Disease of Kings’ Trickles Down to the Rest
By JANE E. BRODY
The number of Americans with gout is rising steadily as the population ages, becomes heavier and is exposed to foods that can precipitate the disorder in susceptible people.
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Eating Local Honey Cures Allergies
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Many allergy sufferers believe that a daily spoonful of locally produced honey can act like a vaccine and alleviate symptoms.
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