NYT Health News

The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors.

Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.

Dr. Drew Pinsky addresses the issue of sexual anorexia, or avoidance of sex and intimacy.

It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.

The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states.

The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.

President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.

The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives.

In parts of France, farmers make a traditional meal of boiled chickpeas and spinach or chard.

Travis Blackley, a relief pitcher from Australia who is trying to earn a spot on the Mets’ roster, has attention deficit disorder.

If you are young and healthy but have a family history of cardiovascular disease, are you at high risk of having a heart attack?

Hula-hooping converts are hoping it is the next big trend in fitness, but some exercise professionals are doubtful.

Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.

Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s, may be part of the brain’s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.

Government agencies have long warned of the hazards of bed rails, but they are still used in many nursing homes.

DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.

Can wine help you digest your meal?

A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.

The combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock.

Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?