Health

Looking for signs of a return to normal? Sitting back to enjoy a live-music performance might be a good place to start. The performing arts have endured a year like no other, but the decimation of touring and in-person shows has in no way squelched music fans’ love of a …

Hey folks! You may have noticed something a little different this Friday. Weekly Link Love is now our New and Noteworthy series. We’re following the same format that a lot of you have been reading for over a decade now: it’s a collection of interesting reads I found around the …

Researchers figured out how a jolt of discomfort gets from the damaged outside of your tooth to the nerves inside it. There’s nothing quite like the peculiar, bone-jarring reaction of a damaged tooth exposed to something cold: a bite of ice cream, or a cold drink, and suddenly, that sharp, …

His death leaves only one family physician in Greenfield, Mo. He died of complications of Covid-19. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. For the past 15 years, there were only two family physicians in Greenfield, Mo., …

A machine that acted as an artificial lung kept her eligible for a transplant as she dealt with cystic fibrosis. She went on to compete again in marathons. Liesbeth Stoeffler’s doctors had a bold decision to make in 2009. Ms. Stoeffler was on a ventilator and deeply sedated after cystic …

Medical privacy has become the latest casualty of vaccination efforts, as friends, co-workers and even total strangers ask intrusive questions about personal health conditions. Peter Gamlen When Helena Jenkins, 23, recently asked to leave work early for a vaccination appointment, her boss at a Nashville retail store was incredulous. “Well …

He was a top executive at Memorial Sloan Kettering before resigning over payments from health care companies. He went on to lead cancer research at AstraZeneca. Dr. José Baselga, a renowned cancer researcher and pharmaceutical executive whose work helped transform the treatment of breast cancer patients, died on Sunday. He …

Hi there, folks! In this week’s Ask a Health Coach, Erin is back to answer your questions about the pros and cons of consistent eating patterns, how to avoid chronically overdoing it in the gym, and staying motivated when everyone around you is addicted to a SAD lifestyle. Do you …

Behind the Byline • APOORVA MANDAVILLI Making the Science of Covid Clearer Behind some of The Times’s vital journalism on the coronavirus is a reporter who speaks seven languages, holds a master’s degree in biochemistry and, OK, has a weakness for “Bridgerton.” March 25, 2021 Times Insider explains who we …