After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn to a Risky Treatment for Back Pain

By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2v3sI9D

Vaginal Laser Treatments Can Cause Burns and Scarring, the F.D.A. Says

By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2mTHIlP

Maybe You Were Thinking About Eating Raw Centipedes. Don’t.

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2NVISc0

Medicare Slashes Star Ratings for Staffing at 1 in 11 Nursing Homes

By JORDAN RAU and ELIZABETH LUCAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LwWvSo

Meet the Rebate, the New Villain of High Drug Prices

By KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LUYYlG

Getting Real About Periods, Childbirth, Menopause and More

By MAYA SALAM from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uS1S3Z

New Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Big Promise in Early Trial Results

By PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2AafiO6

Health Care Industry Branches Into Fresh Meals, Rides to Gym

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uYZPKT

Possible Link Between Grain-Free Dog Food and Heart Disease, F.D.A. Says

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LlgrHB

Ebola Outbreak in Congo Has Ended, W.H.O. Says

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2A8w6F5

In Maine, Thousands Were to Start Receiving Medicaid This Month. They’re Not.

By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Odri4n

For the First Time, a Female Ebola Survivor Infects Others

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2JTRL3G

For Scientists Racing to Cure Alzheimer’s, the Math Is Getting Ugly

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2JMWGmJ

It’s Not Just the Tampon Tax: Why Periods Are Political

By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2A0AwxJ

Got Medicare Advantage? Prepare for New Perks — and New Questions.

By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LyX2iJ

Bayer Will Stop Selling Essure Birth Control Implants

By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zX6XwY

Merck to Lower Prices on Some Drugs, but Not its Blockbusters

By KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zVJlJc

More Americans Are Dying of Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Nu5Ref

Bowing to Trump, Novartis Joins Pfizer in Freezing Drug Prices

By KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2NXmvDY

3D Color X-rays Could Help Spot Deadly Disease Without Surgery

By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uKtqHI

Blood Pressure Medicine Is Recalled

By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LhLfIu

Defendants on Probation Can Be Jailed for Drug Relapse, Court Rules

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uFl6Jk

Cognitive Test Trump Took May Have Been Undermined by Publicity, Doctors Warn

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Lbnthf

Now in Sight: Success Against an Infection That Blinds

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Lkiifj

Psychology Itself Is Under Scrutiny

By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uFiBqm

Breast-Feeding or Formula? For Americans, It’s Complicated

By CHRISTINA CARON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2umOVPJ

Drug to Treat Smallpox Approved by F.D.A., a Move Against Bioterrorism

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Jk0iMY

Mice Don’t Know When to Let It Go, Either

By ERICA GOODE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zzAkFn

Swift Gene-Editing Method May Revolutionize Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LcM7uA

Dying Organs Restored to Life in Novel Experiments

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zqtxxV

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials

By ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2m1dYmP

How Staffing Fluctuates at Nursing Homes Around the United States

By JEREMY WHITE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2KVA44Y

‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

By JORDAN RAU from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2KMKkQj

What Does a Drug Cost? It Depends on Where You Live.

By KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zcuSbo

He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination and Took Back Their Jobs.

By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2zjcA8w

In a Rare Success, Paraguay Conquers Malaria

By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2u6ipkP

It’s Hot Out. Here Are Some Tips to Stay Cool.

By CHRISTINE HAUSER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2NuqCXV

Obamacare Is Proving Hard to Kill

By REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2NoIuU4

Lots of Successful Women Are Freezing Their Eggs. But It May Not Be About Their Careers.

By HEATHER MURPHY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2INb4Lb

The Online Gene Test Finds a Dangerous Mutation. It May Well Be Wrong.

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2lMyG9L

How Many Teenage Girls Deliberately Harm Themselves? Nearly 1 in 4, Survey Finds.

By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2yZRfk8

Why Amazon’s Push Into Prescription Drugs Isn’t a Guaranteed Success

By KATIE THOMAS and CLAIRE BALLENTINE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2z3O5Mv

Endless Gaming May Be a Bad Habit. That Doesn’t Make It a Mental Illness.

By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2tLc5Pr

Bulwark Against an Abortion Ban? Medical Advances

By PAM BELLUCK and JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2KzXGze

Emergency Rooms Run Out of Vital Drugs, and Patients Are Feeling It

By KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2z0hA1P