Mind: On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map
New research suggests that resilience may have at least as much to do with how often people have faced adversity in the past as it does with who they are or what they’re facing now.
Exhausted by Illness, and Doubts
Recent announcements on chronic fatigue syndrome have highlighted both the volatility of the issue and the ambiguity of the science.
Recipes for Health: Blini With Mushroom Caviar
Instead of the traditional sour cream, this recipe calls for chopped tomatoes. The result is a savory topping.
National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Hospital Loses Catholic Affiliation
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix announced that St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center could no longer identify itself as Roman Catholic because it ended a woman’s pregnancy in 2009.
Health Insurers to Be Required to Justify Rate Increases Over 10 Percent
The regulation proposal is an expansion of federal authority in an area long regulated by states.
Abuses Cited in Enforcing China Policy of One Child
Thirty years after it introduced measures to control population growth, China continues to use a variety of coercive tactics to enforce them.
Vatican Adds Nuance to Pope’s Condom Remarks
The Vatican said that remarks about condoms for disease prevention did not justify using them for birth control.
National Briefing | Health: Teenage Birth Rate Falls 6 Percent
The country’s teenage birth rate hit an all-time low in 2009, a decline that experts say is partly because of the economy.
The New Old Age: Elder Tech: What’s Important
What kind of personal technology are aging parents likely to embrace?
Cases: It Was Benign, but Almost Killed Him
A 61-year-old man with no medical insurance suffers and suffers until his enlarged prostate nearly costs him his life.
Global Update: London: Tuberculosis Cases Have Increased 50 Percent in Last Decade, Lancet Says
Most of the new cases are in immigrants; last year, 28 percent were in people who arrived from Africa, and 27 percent in people from India.
Five Years In, Gauging Impact of Gates Grants
Of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $450 million in grants, Mr. Gates says, “We were naïve when we began.”
A Doctor’s Mammogram Mission Turns Personal
There are lingering, uncomfortable questions about how to balance the benefits of early diagnosis of breast cancer with the harms of mammography.
How a Torn Aorta Can Do Lethal Damage
Many were surprised by the death of the veteran diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke last week, but aortic tears kill at least 2,000 Americans a year with little warning.
Personal Best: Basking in a Workout’s Long, Mysterious Afterglow
It turns out that there is no easy answer to why exercisers feel so warm for hours after finishing a grueling session.