New Attention to First Lady

CLINTON, Miss. — To her admirers, Michelle Obama is the patron saint of quinoa, charged with reducing the nation's dangerous obesity rate and helping children eat better. To her detractors, she is the fun-killer, possessed with crushing America's cookies....

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DealBook: Mylan Buys Drug Maker of Generic Injectables

The drug maker Mylan announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring Agila Specialties Private, an Indian manufacturer of generic injectable drugs, for $1.6 billion in cash.The move would double Mylan's presence in the injectable-drug market, a fast-growing...

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Ex-Hostess at Lavo Sues, Claiming Loud Music Damaged Her Hearing

Alexis Clemente knew the music was extraordinarily loud at Lavo, the celebrity playpen in Midtown Manhattan where she worked for two years as a hostess. She could feel the bass thumping in her throat. Cocktail glasses bounced. Heavy vases shimmied...

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Well: Think Like a Doctor: The Man Who Wobbled

The Challenge: Can you solve the medical mystery of a man who suddenly becomes too dizzy to walk?Every month, the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to try their hand at solving a medical mystery. Below you will find the...

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Economic Scene: Medicare Needs Fixing, but Not Right Now

What's the rush? For all the white-knuckled wrangling over spending cuts set to start on Friday, the fundamental partisan argument over how to fix the government's finances is not about the immediate future. It is about the much longer term: how will...

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N.F.L. Will Use IPads to Expand In-Game Concussion Testing

"Where are we?" "Who did we play in the last game?" "What is the date today?" Those are some of the questions N.F.L. players are asked after they are hit in the head during a game. Next season, they are coming to an iPad. The mandatory postinjury...

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A Wave of Concussions Hits the N.H.L.

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press The Penguins' Evgeni Malkin after sliding into the boards and banging his head. For the last two seasons, concussions and hits to the head were frequent talking points in the N.H.L., with the Pittsburgh Penguins...

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Well: What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines

Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.One reason so many American women are overweight may be that we are vacuuming and doing laundry less often, according to a new study that, while scrupulously even-handed, is likely to stir controversy...

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Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine

Rwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined...

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News Analysis: Proposed Brain Mapping Project Faces Significant Hurdles

In more than a century of scientific inquiry into the interwoven cells known as neurons that make up the brain, researchers acknowledge they are only beginning to scratch the surface of a scientific challenge that is certain to prove vastly more complicated...

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C. Everett Koop, Forceful Surgeon General, Dies at 96

Paul Hosefros/The New York Times Dr. C. Everett Koop, in his office, was 66 when President Ronald Reagan appointed him surgeon general in 1981. Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was widely regarded as the most influential surgeon general in American history...

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Horse Meat in European Beef Raises Questions on U.S. Exposure

The alarm in Europe over the discovery of horse meat in beef products escalated again Monday, when the Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdrew an estimated 1,670 pounds of meatballs from sale in 14 European countries. Ikea acted after authorities...

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Health Care Panel, Lacking Budget, Is Left Waiting

WASHINGTON — One of the biggest threats to the success of President Obama's health care law comes from shortages of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. But a 15-member commission created to investigate the problem has never met in...

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Off the Dribble: Salley Offers a Healthy Assist

When Carmelo Anthony went on a vegetarian diet a few weeks ago and caused the biggest culinary conundrum in sports since fried chicken and beer had starring roles in the Red Sox clubhouse, John Salley could only shake his head.Anthony's diet was blamed...

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Anemia Drug Recalled After Allergic Reactions; 3 Patients Died

The suppliers of a new drug to treat anemia in patients undergoing kidney dialysis have recalled all lots of the product after reports that it had caused severe allergic reactions, including some that were fatal. Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceutical,...

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‘Bloodless’ Lung Transplants for Jehovah’s Witnesses

Eric Kayne for The New York Times SHARING HOME AND FAITH A Houston couple hosted Gene and Rebecca Tomczak, center, in October so she could get care nearby. HOUSTON — Last April, after being told that only a transplant could save her from a fatal...

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Drone Pilots Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do

U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve Horton Capt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman First Class Mike Eulo monitored a drone aircraft after launching it in Iraq. The study affirms a growing body of research finding health hazards even for those piloting...

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