Nebraska Law Sets Limits on Abortion

By MONICA DAVEY

Proponents of the new law say they want to spare fetuses pain. Critics think the goal is to set up a challenge to Roe v. Wade.

The New Old Age Blog

Driving While Demented

By PAULA SPAN

New guidelines on driving and dementia are less definitive than many caregivers might have hoped for.

Hospital Infection Problem Persists

By KEVIN SACK

Although infections acquired by patients at hospitals are largely preventable, the rates continue to increase.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Balks at Request on New Health Law

By ROBBIE BROWN

A candidate for governor has chosen not to comply with a federal request to create a state pool for high-risk insurance plans.

• Times Topics: Health Care Reform

An Insurer’s New Approach to Diabetes

By REED ABELSON

A clinically tested program, in which losing 5 percent of body weight cut the risk of Type 2 diabetes by more than half, will be expanded to Y.M.C.A.’s in seven cities.

Could Health Overhaul Incentives Hurt Some?

By RONI CARYN RABIN

Some fear that while healthy employees might reap health insurance discounts, workplace programs could end up raising costs for the chronically ill.

Study Sees a Slant in Articles on Drug

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

A new analysis has found that experts who were paid by Avandia’s manufacturer have been significantly more likely than others to draw positive conclusions about the drug’s safety and efficacy.

• Health Guide: Diabetes »

Second Opinion

In Reporting Symptoms, Don’t Patients Know Best?

By DENISE GRADY

Firsthand reports on medicines could aid in treatment and research.

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