ANALYSIS
N.F.L. Falls Short of a Leap on H.G.H.
By JULIET MACUR
Some antidoping experts say that the true effectiveness and legitimacy of the league’s H.G.H. program will be known only when the league and the players’ union reveal the details.
New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The number of new infections has remained around 50,000 a year for a decade in the United States, but the epidemic is growing rapidly worse among young gay black men.
Post a CommentMedtronic Giving Yale Grant to Review Bone Growth Data
By BARRY MEIER
Medtronic said that it was giving $2.5 million to Yale to oversee a review of the study data that examined a bone growth product’s safety and effectiveness.
HOME TECH
A Dashboard for Your Body
By FARHAD MANJOO
Testing new health-related gadgets that track physical activity, measure blood pressure, and more.
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
This smoothie tastes a bit like peach ice cream, with a hint of vanilla.
Pfizer Is Said to Pursue Nonprescription Lipitor
By ANDREW POLLACK
Pfizer hopes to have an over-the-counter version of the world’s best-selling drug after it loses patent protection.
Cargill Recalls Ground Turkey Linked to Outbreak
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey were linked to salmonella that killed one person and sickened at least 76.
Drugs Found Ineffective for Veterans’ Stress
By BENEDICT CAREY
Drugs prescribed to treat severe post-traumatic stress are no more effective than placebos, researchers reported.
SKIN DEEP
When Dieting Becomes a Role to Play
By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER
Diet companies want to incorporate celebrities in their marketing, but those who lose weight in public can regain it in the spotlight, too.
WELL
Breaking Bread Everywhere, Plentifully or Pitifully
By TARA PARKER-POPE
A photo exhibit in Boston is an anthropological exploration of the culture of eating that is both mouthwatering, repulsive and surprising.
ESSAY
Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?
By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.
Genes, environment and psychology affect who uses drugs uneventfully and who is undone by them.
Views
CASES
A Worker With No ID and Great Medical Need
By SANJAY BASU, M.D.
A man known only as Carlos needed a biopsy, but lack of documentation hindered his care.
Fruit Smoothies Without the Dairy
August 5, 2011
Friendly Workplace Linked to Longer Life
August 5, 2011
Centenarians Have Plenty of Bad Habits Too
August 4, 2011
A Better Way to Keep Patients Safe
August 4, 2011
Calculating the Real Age of Your Dog
August 3, 2011
From The Magazine
The Phantom Menace of Sleep Deprived Doctors
By DARSHAK SANGHAVI
Young doctors are no longer working long, stupor-inducing hours. So why aren’t hospitals any safer?
The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: Amy Winehouse, chocolate and Oreos. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Columns
PERSONAL HEALTH
Ancient Moves for Orthopedic Problems
By JANE E. BRODY
It pays to know about methods of prevention and treatment for orthopedic problems that are low-cost and rely almost entirely on self-care.
REALLY?
The Claim: A Normal Heart Rate Is 60 to 100 Beats a Minute
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Some researchers believe that an increased risk of stroke and heart disease at the upper end of that range may mean it's time to re-examine what's considered normal.
Podcast: Science Times
This week: A race to the bottom of the ocean, an extinct marsupial comes to life and the psychology of addiction.
A Family Risk for Macular Degeneration
Dr. Stephen Rose of the Foundation Fighting Blindness responds to readers’ questions about the genetics of macular degeneration.
When They Won't Spend the Money
August 4, 2011
A Blog Worth Reading
August 2, 2011
How Do You Feel About Medicare?
July 29, 2011
Botox Maker Settles Case for $600 Million
September 1, 2010,
The Race to Replace Warfarin
August 31, 2010
This Week's Health Industry News
August 30, 2010
INSIDE HEALTH
Money & Policy »
Sales of Pain Drugs Help Pfizer’s Profit Beat Forecasts
By BLOOMBERG NEWS
Sales of the company’s Lyrica pain pill and its Enbrel arthritis medicine topped analysts’ predictions.
Research »
Study Sheds Light on Auditory Role in Dyslexia
By PAM BELLUCK
Scientists have come to believe that the reading difficulties of dyslexia are part of a larger puzzle: a problem with how the brain processes speech and puts together words from smaller units of sound.
Fitness & Nutrition »
RECIPES FOR HEALTH
Plum, Red Grape and Almond Smoothie
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
Red grapes and plums combine to make this smoothie delicious.
Multimedia
Patient Voices: Macular Degeneration
Six men and women speak about their lives with progressive vision loss.
Consults: Ask an Expert About Macular Degeneration
More Patient Voices:Times Essentials
REPORTER'S FILE
Making Sickle Cell Disease a Manageable Illness
By CAROLYN SAYRE
On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
The Radiation Boom
By WALT BOGDANICH
Articles in this series examine issues arising from the increasing use of medical radiation and the new technologies that deliver it.
From the Book Review
‘The Rules of the Tunnel’
By NED ZEMAN
Reviewed by EMMA FORREST
A depressed writer searches for answers to his problems in the lives of kindred sufferers.
Documents: A Case of Fracking-Related Contamination
Graphic: Contamination From Drilling
Video: The Search for the Thylacine
Slide Show: Final Launching of Atlantis
