Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma
Avastin, which can cost as much as $100,000 a year, has become one of the most popular cancer drugs, but studies show it prolongs life by only a few months.
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The Urge to End It
Is suicide the deadly result of a deep psychological condition ? or a fleeting impulse brought on by opportunity?
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Medicine Show
Reporting from behind the scenes of a busy Brooklyn hospital.
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The New Old Age: The Car Key Conversation
The ?car key conversation? is a dreaded milestone of eldercare and one that adult children dread most.
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Personal Best: To Beat the Heat, Learn to Sweat It Out
No matter how much you train in the heat, it will never be easy, athletes and researchers say.
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As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid
With fuel costs rising, agencies that provide meals or transportation for senior citizens are struggling.
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Assisted Suicide of Healthy 79-Year-Old Renews German Debate on Right to Die
A woman?s desire to avoid life in a nursing home forces a country to confront the thorny ethical issue and casts an assisted-suicide advocate as Germany?s Jack Kevorkian.
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European Plan Would Expand Health Care Access Within the Bloc
European Union residents would be able to receive most health care treatment anywhere in the 27-nation bloc without prior authorization under a proposal published on Wednesday.
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Aiming to Sell the World on Fitness
Technogym, an exercise equipment maker, is expanding its reach to countries with few health clubs, in a strategy to survive an economic downturn in the United States.
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E. Coli Illnesses Prompt Beef Recall
The Agriculture Department is warning that the beef supplied by a Nebraska company may be responsible for at least 40 illnesses.
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F.D.A. Panel Urges More Testing for Diabetes Drugs
Diabetes drugs would be subject to more stringent safety standards under recommendations made Wednesday by a government panel.
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Salmonella Probe Adds Foods Served With Tomatoes
The government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation?s record salmonella outbreak.
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Scientist at Work | David Pritchard: The Worms Crawl In
Can hookworms protect against allergies? In a quest to find out, David Pritchard infected himself.
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Mind: Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?
New papers illustrate the continuing power of Stanley Milgram?s shock experiments ? and the interpretations they still inspire.
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A Quandary on Blood Drops in the Brain
Improvements in scanning techniques are making it easier to see microbleeds in the brain, but it?s unclear what should be done about them.
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Scientists Identify the Brain?s Activity Hub
A new report provides the most complete rough draft to date of the electrical architecture of the brain?s cerebral cortex.
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Officials Praise New Test for Drug-Resistant TB
The World Health Organization said that the new test promises to help significantly improve treatment and prevent the spread of the airborne infection.
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Q & A: Fruit, Cut and Dried
How does dried fruit compare with fresh fruit in nutritional value?
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Drilling Down: Overindulgence in Small Packages
While food companies have reduced portion sizes to respond to concerns about overeating, a new study shows that small packages can also lead to over-consumption.
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Fitness: Out of the Loop and on the Run in Central Park
Central Park was designed for refuge, discovery and communing with society. 150 years later, its 843 acres are a paradise for runners.
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Vital Signs: Nutrition: Chinese Ingredient Said to Help the Heart
A new study suggests that Chinese red yeast rice reduced the risk of repeat heart attacks in people who have already had one.
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China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold
Pressured by the nation?s athletic system, China?s Olympic aspirants are pushing themselves to their limits.
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Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes
The Congressional Black Caucus is demanding that menthol cigarettes not be exempted from a bill that would ban flavored cigarettes.
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Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer?s Drug
Flurizan, a drug developed by Myriad Genetics to treat Alzheimer?s disease, failed in a closely watched late-stage clinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat the illness.
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The Evidence Gap: Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan?s Look Inside the Heart
Driven by financial incentives, many doctors are adopting CT scans, but there is scant evidence they benefit most patients.
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National Briefing | Washington: Delay in Medicare Cuts for Doctors
Medicare will delay processing doctors? claims to give Congress time to pass legislation that would block a scheduled 10 percent cut in payments.
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Medical Helicopter Crashes Stir Concern
The last two months have been one of the deadliest periods in the history of the fast-growing industry of medical helicopters.
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Personal Health: For Botox Users, a Few Words of Caution
As the number of uses for Botox grows, it is no surprise that reports of unwanted effects are growing, too.
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Really?: The Claim: Mayonnaise Can Increase Risk of Food Poisoning
Food poisoning typically spikes this time of year, and mayonnaise always attracts suspicion.
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Well: Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly
Vision, hearing, sexual function ? you name it, diabetes harms it.
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Cases: Her Skin Erupted, and the Detective Work Began
Making the effort to understand a medical condition and the details of how best to treat it really pays off.
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The Way We Live Now: Stress Test
Why Americans want to believe that our mental states can control our physical maladies.
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E. Coli and You
A history of the bacteria shows how the study of tiny creatures has helped answer some of science?s biggest questions.
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Books: Achieving Wellness, Whatever That Is
Two books muster science, statistics and a judicious smattering of personal experience to present opposite advice.
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Essay: Eyes Bloodshot, Doctors Vent Their Discontent
I have been hearing physician colleagues voice a level of dissatisfaction with medical practice that is alarming.
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Diagnosis: Strange Spells
It looked like a stroke, it felt like a stroke, but the tests said it wasn?t a stroke.
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Cases: Showing the Patient the Door, Permanently
The physician-patient contract gives a doctor the right to dismiss a patient, but could I fire a patient because I didn?t like his mother?
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Books of The Times: A Doctor Finds Miracles in Medicine
In this collection, the writer-physician Sherwin B. Nuland explores phenomena that can?t be explained by modern science ? and challenge his profession?s often unreflective reliance on technology.
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