Health
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‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’
Natasha Lazartes 39, therapist, Brooklyn Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times“It’s been a nightmare. They are so desperate to hire…
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An ‘Unsettling’ Drop in Life Expectancy for Men
The News The gap in life expectancy between men and women in the United States grew to its widest in…
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‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids
Dr. Nic Helmstetter crab-walked down a steep, rain-slicked trail into a grove of maple and cottonwood trees to his destination:…
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New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study
The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients…
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How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients
More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on social media showing shoddy techniques.
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Doctors Wrestle With A.I. in Patient Care, Citing Lax Oversight
The F.D.A. has approved many new programs that use artificial intelligence, but doctors are skeptical that the tools really improve…
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Eyedrops From Major Brands May Cause Infection, F.D.A. Says
Target, CVS and Rite Aid are pulling products from shelves after federal investigators found unsanitary conditions and recommended a recall.
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CUNY Halts Investigation of Alzheimer’s Researcher
Citing questions about the integrity of the process, the university said that “no final action” had been taken.
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Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds
The News Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent…
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Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says.
A major lawsuit against Meta has placed a spotlight on our fraught relationship with online social information.