2 Studies Examine Syndrome of Fatigue
By DAVID TULLER
Two new studies raised serious doubts about earlier reports that the disabling disease is linked to infection with XMRV, a poorly understood retrovirus.
A study may explain why some people exposed to blasts have symptoms despite normal CT and M.R.I. scans.
The strain, which a World Health Organization official called unique in news reports on Thursday, has sickened 1,500 people in Germany, and killed at least 16.
Another step in a battle that could lead to the Supreme Court is deciding whether President Obama’s legislation goes beyond Congress’s authority to regulate interstate commerce.
A National Academy of Sciences panel says formulas for reimbursing doctors and hospitals are deeply flawed.
The Obama administration prohibited Indiana on Wednesday from cutting funding to Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health care to low-income women on Medicaid.
Granola bars are often too sweet, but these contain less honey — and dark chocolate.
Two new studies raised serious doubts about earlier reports that the disabling disease is linked to infection with XMRV, a poorly understood retrovirus.
The review will focus on the hormone drospirenone, which is found in Bayer’s Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz and Safyral products.
Because there is no independent study on which implants work best or last longest, doctors may be swayed by sales tactics.
A slew of cookbooks have been published to help bakers navigate a gluten-free kitchen.
Hamburg’s intensive care units are trying to handle the more than 1,000 people sickened by the bacteria, as officials try to crack a public health mystery.
The fight against the disease has altered medicine, shaped research and highlighted the challenges that remain.
In the news: Hookahs, sleep and cellphones. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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A look at the research on a popular weight loss choice.
An unimaginable diagnosis is followed by worry, fear and tough decisions. Six people speak about how childhood cancer changed their lives.
Experts discuss biofilms and the underlying causes of chronic sinusitis.
The Times's fitness guinea pig, Karen Barrow, tries a samurai sword workout.
People speak from a variety of perspectives about the impact of childhood cancer on their lives.
Michelle Obama and administration officials introduced a simpler guideline to promote healthy nutrition.
In 1972, Dr. Yalow, who is from the Bronx, was only the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
The flavor of raspberries deepens when they are baked in a crumble topped with flax and oatmeal.
Inflammation, and not necessarily infection, is the common theme in chronic sinusitis.
Articles in this series examine issues arising from the increasing use of medical radiation and the new technologies that deliver it.
First-person accounts of patients' everyday challenges.
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