Health

  1. Ending Medical Tax Break Could Be a ‘Gut Punch’ to the Middle Class

    The tax deduction on medical expenses helps millions of Americans cope with high health care costs. The Republican tax proposal would eliminate it.

  2. Ask Well
    Do Pesticides Get Into the Flesh of Fruits and Vegetables?

    Some pesticides are actually designed to be absorbed into the tissue of the fruit or vegetable to protect it from pests

  3. Election Results Invigorate Medicaid Expansion Hopes

    Passage of a referendum in Maine and Democratic gains in Virginia mean two more states may expand Medicaid soon. Advocates hope for more successes next year.

  4. Are Mass Murderers Insane? Usually Not, Researchers Say

    Devin P. Kelley, who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas, may have been deeply disturbed. But severe mental illness cannot explain most cases of mass murder.

  5. Voices
    A Gay Husband, a Dire Diagnosis and the Best-Laid Plans

    I was just as unprepared to hear my doctor say “lung cancer” as I had been to hear my husband say “I’m gay.”

  6. interactiveInteractive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz: Food Additives, Alcohol and Salad Greens
  7. Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying Boy
  8. Pesticides Tied to Problems in Assisted Pregnancies
  9. Phys Ed: Can Ketones Rev Up Our Workouts?
  11. The Upshot: A Link Between Alcohol and Cancer? It’s Not Nearly as Scary as It Seems
  12. Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy? We Look Inside the Box
  13. On Comedy: Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting
  14. From Brussels to Arkansas, a Tough Week for Monsanto
  15. Maimed but Unbowed, He Understands What Lies Ahead for Gordon Hayward
  16. Congress Weighs Repeal of Tax Credit for Rare Disease Drugs
  17. ‘Tell Your Story to Everyone’: Readers Affected by Mass Killings Offer Advice for Fellow Survivors
  18. Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Relief
  19. Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol
  20. Women More Likely Than Men to Die in First Year After Heart Attack
  21. Delhi, Blanketed in Toxic Haze, ‘Has Become a Gas Chamber’
  22. Could You Be Allergic to Additives in Food or Drugs?
  23. For Patients With Heart Failure, Little Guidance as Death Nears
  24. CVS Will Offer Next-Day Delivery of Prescription Drugs
  25. Chopin’s Heart, Pickled in a Jar, Offers Clues to His Death
  26. The Upshot: Don’t Nudge Me: The Limits of Behavioral Economics in Medicine
  27. The Checkup: Mumps Makes a Comeback, Even Among the Vaccinated
  28. Personal Health: Unlocking the Secrets of the Microbiome
  29. If You Tear a Knee Ligament, Arthritis Is Likely to Follow in 10 Years
  30. How We Used VR to Explore What Music Feels Like to a Deaf Person
  31. At Vatican, ‘Tenets of Faith’ Seen as Crucial in Climate Change Effort
  32. Salvador Minuchin, a Pioneer of Family Therapy, Dies at 96
  33. C.D.C. Reports a Record Jump in Drug Overdose Deaths Last Year

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