Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw
Nicotine patches, gum, and vapes can help satisfy some cravings, but they can’t replace the rituals of having a cigarette: …
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Older Generations Are Reclaiming Rites of Passage
Nancy Raine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, Calif., has helped nearly 40 older adults prepare …
A $30 Alarm Can Stop a Silent Killer. Why Many Hotels Don’t Install Them.
Clinical confusion seems to have played a part in the Sandals case as well. On the night they were about …
Parechovirus Sickened 23 Infants in Nashville, C.D.C. Says
According to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in six weeks this spring, …
Allergan Reaches Tentative $2.37 Billion Deal to Settle Opioid Suits
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general announced Friday morning that it has entered into a deal with pharmaceutical company …
Feeling Dismissed? How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.
Portland, m. Christina, who lives in the U.S., said she felt neglected by doctors for years. When she was 50 …
Dr. Oh, ‘the God of Parenting,’ Will See You Now. On Television.
In South Korea, Dr. Oh Eun-young, a renowned psychiatrist, has helped destroy the medical quest and blew up traditionally private …
Health Secretary Says States ‘Need to Work With Us’ on Fighting Monkeypox
James Krellenstein, founder of PrEP4All, an AIDS advocacy group, said it wasn’t fast enough. He blamed the FDA for not …
In Rural America, Covid Hits Black and Hispanic People Hardest
The coronavirus pandemic engulfed rural America last year, prompting a surge in deaths among white residents as the virus sparked …
Potentially Deadly Bacteria Detected in U.S. Soil for First Time
A potentially deadly bacteria was found in water and soil samples for the first time in the United States, prompting …
U.S. to Distribute 800,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration downplaying the shortage, which has affected the fight against monkeypox for weeks announced On Wednesday …
F.D.A. Tobacco Science Official Takes Job at Philip Morris
A Food and Drug Administration official with considerable power over authorization decisions for products aimed at curbing e-cigarettes and smoking, …
Study Finds Another Condition That Vitamin D Pills Do Not Help
The idea made so much sense that it was almost unquestionably accepted: Vitamin D pills can protect bones from fractures. …
H.I.V. Infections Remain Persistently High, U.N. Reports
While the world’s focus was on the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the fight against an old foe …
Teva Reaches Tentative $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioids
Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of generic opioids, announced an agreement in principle with nearly 2,500 local …
Viral Infections and Gene Variant Are Linked to Child Hepatitis Cases
A complex combination of factors may be responsible for the pediatric hepatitis cases that have puzzled doctors in recent months, …
Few Parents Intend to Have Very Young Children Vaccinated Against Covid
Barely a month after the Food and Drug Administration authorized COVID-19 vaccines for very young children, a large number of …
Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses
So it began providing a replacement for street drugs, first Dilaudid, then fentanyl patches, and, now, fentanyl capsules. Her project …
‘I’m Always Worrying’: The Emotional Toll of Financial Stress
Elgin, Ill. For Ellie Alvarado, a teacher and mother of three in the U.S., figuring out how to pay the …
‘Parentese’ is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds
We’ve all seen it, we’ve all seen it, we’ve done it ourselves: talked to a kid like he was, you …