Health
David Shaffer, Medical ‘Detective’ in Suicide of Youths,...
At a time when teen suicide was seen as random and unpredictable, Dr. Shaffer, a...
Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid
In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of...
Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel...
Shedding the concept “completely strikes at our sense of identity and autonomy,”...
Wearables Track Parkinson’s Better Than Human Observation,...
Sensors worn on the body may help scientists learn whether novel therapies are slowing...
F.D.A. Plans to Ban Hair Straighteners With Formaldehyde
The products, often marketed to Black women, have been linked to an increased risk...
Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked...
A professor at the City College of New York engaged in “significant research misconduct,”...
Roland Griffiths Is Dead at 77; Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics...
The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study,...
Fight Over Covid Lab Leak Stalls Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks...
Harvard Cozies Up to #MentalHealth TikTok
As young Americans turn to TikTok for information on mental health, the T.H. Chan...
Medicare Enrollment Guide: 2024 Edition
Open enrollment for Medicare plans began on Oct. 15 and ends on Dec. 7. Here’s what...
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can...
Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many...
But unlike the Olympic gymnast, most people don’t raise enough money to cover their...
What Is a Fever? Why Your Body Temperature May Be Cooler...
Here’s why we appear to be getting cooler, and what that could mean when it comes...
The Human Brain Has a Dizzying Array of Mystery Cells
Researchers identified some 3,300 types of brain cells, an order of magnitude more...
¿Te sientes mal tras la vacuna contra la covid? Quizás...
Fiebre, escalofríos y fatiga pueden ser signos de una producción vigorosa de anticuerpos,...
Hoosen Coovadia, Medical Force in South Africa’s H.I.V....
An esteemed pediatrician, he overcame apartheid’s barriers to help make his country...
