W.H.O. Issues Guidelines for Earlier H.I.V. Treatment

People infected with H.I.V. should be put on antiretroviral therapy even sooner than they are now, the World Health Organization said Sunday as it released new treatment guidelines. While the new guidelines, issued at an international AIDS conference...

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News Analysis: Why Healthy Eaters Fall for Fries

LAST Tuesday, Connor Moran, a limit-the-red-meat, increase-the-greens, eat-salad-for-lunch kind of guy, stopped into a Bronx Dunkin' Donuts for his usual black coffee, no sugar, no cream. He walked out with a sandwich of egg and bacon between two...

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Local Officials Asked to Help on Health Law

WASHINGTON — The White House is recruiting mayors, county commissioners and other local officials to promote and carry out President Obama's health care law in states like Florida and Texas, where governors are hostile to it. Ron T. Ennis/The...

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Breaking the Seal on Drug Research

Steve Ruark for The New York Times Peter Doshi, in background, wants to give consumers "the full picture" on drug data. He shared an article with Kevin Fain in a Johns Hopkins cafe. PETER DOSHI walked across the campus of Johns Hopkins University...

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Doctor and Patient: The Gulf Between Doctors and Nurse Practitioners

Not long ago, I attended a meeting on the future of primary care. Most of the physicians in the room knew one another, so the discussion, while serious, remained relaxed.Toward the end of the hour, one of the physicians who had been mostly silent cleared...

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Hepatitis Threat Forces Another Frozen Fruit Recall

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had identified another product contaminated with Hepatitis A, which was the cause of a recall of frozen organic berries earlier this month. As a result, the Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham,...

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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Transplant Recipient Gets Second Set of New Lungs

A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who had a double lung transplant amid a debate over the organ allocation process got a second transplant after the first one failed and is now taking some breaths on her own, the parents of the girl, Sarah Murnaghan,...

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F.D.A. Approves a Drug for Hot Flashes

The first nonhormonal drug to treat hot flashes won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, offering a new alternative to menopausal women. The move was surprising because an advisory committee to the F.D.A. voted 10 to 4 in March...

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Well: Getting Men to Want to Use Condoms

It takes just a peek at the online store Condomania to appreciate the variety of condoms out there.Flavors like island punch, banana split and bubble gum. Vibrating condom rings with batteries that last up to 20 minutes. Glow-in-the-dark condoms promising...

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Well: The Problem With Pain Pills

In the new e-book "A World of Hurt: Fixing Pain Medicine's Biggest Mistake," the New York Times reporter Barry Meier explores the murky world of prescription pain medicine. He makes a strong case that opioid drugs used to treat chronic pain, like OxyContin,...

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Counterfeit Food More Widespread Than Suspected

Jennie Kendall/HMRC Liters of fake vodka were distilled and pumped into genuine Glen's Vodka bottles, and packed with forged labels and duty stamps. GREAT DALBY, England — Invisible from the roadway, hidden deep in the lush English countryside,...

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Well: How Carbs Can Trigger Food Cravings

Are all calories created equal? A new study suggests that in at least one important way, they may not be.Sugary foods and drinks, white bread and other processed carbohydrates that are known to cause abrupt spikes and falls in blood sugar appear to stimulate...

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U.S. Unveils Health Care Web Site and Call Center

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced new steps to expand coverage under the federal health care law on Monday, less than a week after the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, found that the federal...

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In 5-4 Ruling, Justices Say Generic Makers Are Not Liable for Design of Drugs

Cheryl Senter for The New York Times Karen Bartlett with her dog, Molly, in Plaistow, N.H. Ms. Bartlett developed a debilitating skin disease after taking a generic version of the pain medication sulindac. The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that...

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Hepatitis C Test for Baby Boomers Urged by Health Panel

An influential health advisory group has reversed itself and concluded that all baby boomers should be tested for hepatitis C, meaning that under the new health law many insurance plans will have to provide screening without charge to patients. The...

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Phys Ed: The Rise of the Minimalist Workout

Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.In an article under his byline for Sports Illustrated in December 1960, "The Soft American," President-elect John F. Kennedy lamented the state of the nation's fitness. As president he exhorted citizens...

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State Rewards Home Care Firms Once Rebuked

The cost of caring for frail elderly and disabled people at home had more than doubled from 2003 to 2010, to $1.3 billion, even though fewer people were being served. And that huge cost increase had been driven by just a half-dozen certified home health...

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