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December 19, 2008,
Doctor and Patient
Do Patients Trust Doctors Too Much?
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Patients are more likely to spend time researching a new car than the surgeon who wields the knife on them.
Recommended Diet for Diabetics May Need Changing, Study Suggests
High-fiber foods with low impact on blood sugar improved diabetes control more than the recommended diet, researchers reported.
Budget Office Sees Hurdles in Financing Health Plans
The Congressional Budget Office said many plans championed by President-elect Barack Obama would generate only modest savings.
Doctor Cleared of Harming Man to Obtain Organs
The verdict in California closed a case that had drawn widespread attention to the ethical complexities of organ transplantation.
Medical ‘Conscience Rule’ Is Issued
The Bush administration announced new protections for health care providers who oppose abortion and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds.
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People Behaving Poorly May Be the Ones to Save the State From the Poorhouse
When proposing taxes on things like sugary drinks, cigarettes and alcohol, the goal isn't necessarily to make bad habits disappear.
Piven Leaves Show Amid Concerns for His Health
A real-life fish story has resulted in Jeremy Piven’s withdrawal from the current Broadway revival of the David Mamet comedy “Speed-the-Plow.”
First U.S. Face Transplant Described
Surgeons from the Cleveland Clinic have performed the first face transplant in the U.S.
Psychiatrists Revise the Book of Human Troubles
Psychiatrists are working on the fifth edition of a manual that is both medical guidebook and cultural institution.
Get Along Without a Pinkie? It’s Tougher Than You Might Think
The pinkie, the humble fifth finger, has long been viewed as a decorative accessory, but it should be respected.
Recipes for Health
Pasta With Roasted Winter Squash and Ricotta Salata
A pasta dish with a salty, distinctively flavored cheese from Southern Italy.
Florida Adopts ‘Silver Alerts’ for Mentally Impaired Elderly Who Wander Off
All of the 19 people for whom the state has issued bulletins since creating its program in November have been found.
Jane Gross blogs about aging parents and
the adult children struggling to care for them.
Patient Voices: Restless Leg Syndrome
Constant creepy-crawly, tingling sensations, doubting doctors and sleepless nights — seven men and women with R.L.S. speak.
- Health Guide: R.L.S.
More Patient Voices: AIDS | Multiple Sclerosis | Eating Disorders
Personal Health
Query for Aging Patients: How Much Do You Drink?
For older people alcohol has the potential to be a health benefit or a life-shortening hazard.
Really?
The Claim: Blind People Do Not See Images in Their Dreams
Do people who don’t see images during the day see them when they shut their eyes at night?
Person, Patient, Statistic
Having prostate cancer makes you feel like you’ve been reduced to an abstraction, merely a wrinkle in the business of repairing prostates.
The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: A new face, binge eating and in-law stress. Test your knowledge of this week's health news.
Times Essentials
Reporter’s File
Taming Menstrual Cramps in Adolescents
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- Questions for Your Doctor | Clinical Trials | 5 Things to Know
- More on painful periods: Causes | Home Care | When to Call a Doctor
Mind
A Crisis of Confidence for Masters of the Universe
It is too soon to gauge the true psychiatric consequences of the economic debacle, but the crisis is leaving its mark on individuals.
18 and Under
What to Do When the Patient Says, ‘Please Don’t Tell Mom’
For doctors with patients who are middle-schoolers, it can sometimes be unclear what information should stay confidential.
Multimedia
Mapping the Human ‘Diseasome’
Researchers created a map linking different diseases to the genes they have in common.
Regional Differences in Cost and Care
Track the variability of cost in the Medicare system and the rates of several kinds of surgery.
Doctors and medical scientists answer readers’ questions and write about research in their fields.
Times Essentials
The latest news and scientific perspective on common diseases and conditions.
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EXERCISEDoes It Keep You Healthy? 
FOOT PAINYour Poor Feet
BIRTH CONTROLWeighing the Health Benefits
OBESITYFor the Overweight, Bad Advice
ALZHEIMER’SCoping With the Disease
PATIENT VOICESPancreatic Cancer: In Their Own Words
Times Talks: Eldercare
Taking Care
A panel of experts shared insights into the best ways to meet the medical, financial and legal challenges of getting older.MOST POPULAR - HEALTH
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