PAYING TILL IT HURTS
Think the E.R. Is Expensive? Look at How Much It Costs to Get There
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Ambulances, once free, are now generally run as businesses that contribute to America’s escalating medical bills.
Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are the Face of H.I.V.
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
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Roderick, who is gay, came to New York after family ties became too strained, saying, “I’m just basically dead to my family now.”
The number of new H.I.V. infections nationwide remains stubbornly stuck, with more and more occurring in young black and Hispanic men.
Vapors and Emotions Rise at Hearing on E-Cigarettes
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
A New York City Council hearing on Wednesday drew opponents and supporters of the proposed inclusion of e-cigarettes in the ban on smoking in most public places.
THE NEW OLD AGE BLOG
Dialysis Raises Hard Questions for Older Patients
By JUDITH GRAHAM
Does dialysis lengthen life in older patients? The research is mixed.
WELL
Muscle Aches From Statins? Drug Interactions May Play a Role
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Many people who take statin drugs complain of muscle pain and soreness. A new study suggests that these side effects may sometimes be a result of combining statins with other medications.
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A light, satisfying meal that can be served over a bed of spinach.
PHYS ED
Why a Brisk Walk Is Better
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
If you are walking to improve your health, it’s time to stop strolling and pick up the pace, Gretchen Reynolds reports in this week’s Phys Ed column.
Rare Cancer Treatments, Cleared by F.D.A. but Not Subject to Scrutiny
By BARRY MEIER
The F.D.A. allows the sale of some devices to treat small groups of patients without requiring proof that the devices work, or any rigorous study of the medical results.
$12 Billion Is Pledged to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The amount pledged by donor countries over three years to a global fund was more than the amount raised in 2010, but far short of the goal.
PAYING TILL IT HURTS
As Hospital Prices Soar, a Stitch Tops $500
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Hospital pricing is often convoluted, and hospital charges represent about a third of the total United States health care bill.
GENETIC CONNECTIONS
Learning to Defuse the Aorta
By GINA KOLATA
The long search for a gene mutation has led to a chance of stopping Marfan syndrome and reducing the risk of a fatal burst before it happens.
WELL
When Is It Safe to Drive After Breaking a Bone?
By JAN HOFFMAN
Most studies say that braking function returns to normal four weeks after right knee arthroscopy, nine weeks after surgery for an ankle fracture, and six weeks after the patient can walk unencumbered after a fracture of a major lower-body bone.
Oxytocin Found to Stimulate Social Brain Regions in Children With Autism
By PAM BELLUCK
The results of a small study of children with mild autism given oxytocin suggests that their brains’ social regions are not irrevocably damaged.
WELL
Men at Work for Women in Labor
By BONNIE ROCHMAN
Doulas are trained to help new mothers cope with the rigors of childbirth, but very, very few of them are men.
Sugary Drinks Tied to Endometrial Cancer Risk
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
A new study has found that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with an increased risk for endometrial cancer.
Think Like a Doctor: The Eyes Have It
December 5, 2013
Sex as Exercise
December 5, 2013
Turning Leftovers Into Latkes
November 29, 2013
From Opinion
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
No, There Won’t Be a Doctor Shortage
By SCOTT GOTTLIEB and EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL
There are good reasons to be skeptical of predictions of doctor shortages in 10 years.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Secrets Inside Us
By BILL HAYES
The human body is less well understood than we think.
Columns
PERSONAL HEALTH
Palliative Care, the Treatment That Respects Pain
By JANE E. BRODY
Contrary to a common misconception, palliative care is not meant just for the dying, but a shortage of doctors trained in it remains an obstacle to its wider use.
ASK WELL
Nighttime Urination
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
A reader asks: How normal is it to get up and urinate three times a night?
Words That Wound
December 2, 2013
Paratransit: Stuck in the Slow Lane
November 27, 2013
A New Way to Report Fraud
November 26, 2013
The Weekly Health Quiz
Q.What percentage of American women are the sole or primary breadwinner in a family?
THE CANCER DIVIDE
In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted
By RONI CARYN RABIN
As an effort ensues to test for cancer-causing gene mutations that are common among many Jews, women are facing hard choices about how much they want to know.
Interactive Graphic: Where Is Breast Cancer?Multimedia
PICTURE YOUR LIFE
Faces of Breast Cancer
We asked our readers to share insights from their experiences with breast cancer. Here are some of their stories.
Letters
INSIDE HEALTH
From Booming
I WAS MISINFORMED
Bad Thanksgiving
By JOYCE WADLER
Love does not come as expected in a cancer hospital.
MY STORY
The Gift at an Ending
By DIANE MELTON
My mother at the extraordinary age of 99 was “winding down” and faraway. But then my husband, a doctor, sat down at her bedside and started cracking jokes.
From The Magazine
EUREKA
What Does Cancer Smell Like?
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Why scientists are putting stock in an electronic nose.
From Opinion
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Why the Y?
By MAUREEN DOWD
In a battle of the sexes 200 million years in the making, the willful Y chromosome fights to hold its ground.
OPINION
Bringing Back My Real Self With Hormones
By MARY LOU JEPSEN
For some people — more than you think — the ability to fine-tune hormones and neurochemicals is the key to a successful adult life.
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