Well: How to Carbo-Load for a Marathon

It appears that despite the depredations of the big storm, the New York City Marathon is likely to take place as scheduled on Sunday. While the 47,000 runners entered have too little time to remedy any major lapses in training, there is one element that...

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Patients Evacuated From NYU Langone After Power Failure

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times N.Y.U. Langone began transporting all 215 patients after a backup power system failed on Monday evening. More Photos » A backup power system failed at one of New York City's premier medical centers on Monday...

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As Sales Fall, Allergan Seeks a Buyer for Lap-Band

Allergan said Tuesday that it was looking to divest itself of its Lap-Band, the once-popular weight-loss device that has experienced several years of falling sales, loss of market share and controversies about its safety and effectiveness. The falling...

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Recipes for Health: Roasted Beet and Winter Squash Salad With Walnuts

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times The colors of the vegetables were the inspiration behind this beautiful salad. You may be fooled into thinking the orange vegetables next to the dark beets are sliced golden beets, but they are slices of roasted...

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First Mention: First Mention: Monoclonal Antibodies in The New York Times

The theoretical work that would lead to the production of monoclonal antibodies started in the early 1970s, but The New York Times would not mention the term until May 1, 1979, in a roundup of science news. "A new San Diego firm," an article on Page...

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Sports of The Times: With No One Looking, Mental Illness in Athletes Can Stay Hidden

We've seen it hundreds of times. An athlete is injured and within seconds is surrounded by an armada of medical personnel: trainers, assistant trainers, team doctors. The athlete is helped off the field, given a diagnosis, treated and sent to physical...

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Recipes for Health: Lasagna With Roasted Kabocha Squash and Béchamel

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times This rich-tasting lasagna is inspired by my favorite northern Italian pumpkin-filled ravioli. It would make a terrific vegetarian item on a Thanksgiving buffet. Making the lasagna is not time-consuming if you...

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My Story: Running for the Music (on My Playlist)

I have always hated running. A steep hill does not entice me. My labored breathing makes me sound the way I feel: miserable. To keep up with my life, I'm always in a flailing hurry, so why would I want my exercise to mimic that? I have no idea....

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Practicing Yoga, Family Style

Jeff Minton for The New York Times The Killicks posing near the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta. From left, Sami, 15; Tobi, 13; Gil, 17; Von, 21; Glenna (mother); Tyler (father). Dropping in on the Killick family, 45 minutes outside Edmonton,...

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Well: There's Homework to Do on School Lunches

Nutritionists and health-conscious parents applauded when last year the Department of Agriculture finally set new standards for the nation's school lunches in an effort to foster good health and counter the epidemic of obesity afflicting youngsters.The...

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Poor Sanitation Found at Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak

Bryce Vickmark for The New York Times The building housing the New England Compounding Center and the nearby recycling center. WASHINGTON — A federal inspection of a company whose tainted pain medicine has caused one of the worst public health...

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Massachusetts Shuts Down Another Compounder

BOSTON — Massachusetts shut down another compounding pharmacy after a surprise inspection last week found conditions that called into question the sterility of its products, state officials said Sunday. The pharmacy, Infusion Resource in Waltham,...

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Rachel Carson’s Lessons, 50 Years After ‘Silent Spring’

SHE was a slight, soft-spoken woman who preferred walking the Maine shoreline to stalking the corridors of power. And yet Rachel Carson, the author of "Silent Spring," played a central role in starting the environmental movement, by forcing government...

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The Island Where People Forget to Die

Andrea Frazzetta/LUZphoto for The New York Times Stamatis Moraitis tending his vineyard and olive grove on Ikaria. More Photos » In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm....

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My Multiday Massage-a-Thon

Illustrations by Paul Pope About a month ago, editors from this magazine, which employs me, and from which I am therefore loath to turn down assignments even when they are horrifying, assigned me to get a series of massages and other body treatments...

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U.S. to Sponsor Health Insurance Plans Nationwide

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will soon take on a new role as the sponsor of at least two nationwide health insurance plans to be operated under contract with the federal government and offered to consumers in every state. These multistate...

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Poor Sanitation Found at Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak

Bryce Vickmark for The New York Times The building housing the New England Compounding Center and the nearby recycling center. WASHINGTON — A federal inspection of a company whose tainted pain medicine has caused one of the worst public health...

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World Briefing | Europe: France: Free Abortions for Teenagers

The lower house of the French Parliament voted on Friday to fully reimburse all abortions and to make contraception free for minors from the age of 15 to 18. France's national medical insurance pays for abortions for minors and the poor, while other...

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Energy Drink Disclosures Expose Gaps in Safety Policy

The disclosure this week that the deaths of five people since 2009 may be linked to a popular energy drink has revealed major gaps in the way federal regulators and companies monitor product safety. Food and Drug Administration officials say that...

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