Tag: Fitness
Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
Brooke Ellison, who after being paralyzed from the neck down by a childhood car accident went on to graduate from Harvard and became...
Staggering Rise in Catheter Bills Suggests Medicare Scam
Linda Hennis was checking her Medicare statement in January when she noticed something strange: It said a company she had never heard of...
H.I.V. Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in How C.D.C. Tracks Virus...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday revised its guidelines for tracking the genetic signatures of viruses collected from people newly...
Will the Super Bowl Affect Fans’ Political Views? Bet on It.
Damian R. Murray, a psychologist at Tulane University, studies how various social circumstances and life events affect people’s political views. For instance, he...
More Adolescent Boys Have Eating Disorders. Two Experts Discuss Why.
For decades, eating disorders were thought to afflict mostly, if not exclusively, women and girls. In fact, until 2013, the loss of menstruation...
He Had Severe Heartburn. Could His Trouble With Balance Be Related?
A Drive to CincinnatiThe response was immediate. This was unlikely to be a reaction to the P.P.I., her friend wrote. A nutritional deficiency...
J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Will Testify at Senate...
The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies are set to appear in front of the Senate health committee on Thursday to defend...
Many Transgender Americans Face Stigma and Financial Hardship, Survey Finds
Transgender and nonbinary Americans experience stark rates of unemployment and harassment, according to the largest survey of their life experiences to date. The...
Curing Pets With Cannabis as Veterinarians Try CBD and THC
Like many captive elephants, Nidia suffered from chronic foot problems. Fissures had formed in the 55-year-old Asian elephant’s foot pads, and her toenails...
When the Biggest Student Mental Health Advocates Are the Students
Last October, to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Week, a group of students at Sacopee Valley High School in Hiram, Maine, created the annual...
