Well: Doctors and Decision Fatigue

The phenomenon of "decision fatigue" has been found in judges, who are more likely to deny parole at the end of the day than at the beginning. Now researchers have found a parallel effect in physicians: As the day wears on, doctors become increasingly...

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Well: Sports Gels Can Improve Marathon Times, but Pace Them Right

Photo Credit Jason Decrow/Associated Press Many runners in Sunday's New York City Marathon may be overlooking a simple way to improve their finishing time, according to a new study of marathon nutrition. The study finds that consuming the right...

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Well: Faces of Breast Cancer: Find Your Story, Join the Conversation

"Without the experience of cancer, I might not have taken the time to be an ice climber, risked being a sculptor or upended my life to move closer to my granddaughter," writes Amy, of Baltimore, one of hundreds of women and men around the world who tell...

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Ask Well: Ebola Testing for All New Arrivals?

Photo A nurse who had worked with Ebola patients in West Africa was placed under quarantine at University Hospital shortly after she landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday.Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times Q. Why isn't...

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City Room: Friday Updates on New York’s First Ebola Case

Photo A letter carrier, wearing a mask and gloves, delivered the mail on Friday to the Harlem building where the Ebola patient Craig Spencer lives.Credit Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Updated 8:36 p.m. Medical personnel and other travelers...

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Well: How Music Can Boost a High-Intensity Workout

Photo Credit Getty Images Intense, highly demanding exercise has many health benefits and one signal drawback. It can be physically unpleasant, which deters many people from beginning or sticking with an intense exercise program. An encouraging...

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Well: Robotic Surgery Report Card

There is bad news and worse news for robotic surgery in benign gynecologic procedures, a new study finds. Robotic-assisted surgery accounted for 15 percent of oophorectomies, or removal of the ovaries, in 2012, up from 3.5 percent in 2009. The use of...

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Well: Genetic Variant May Shield Latinas From Breast Cancer

Photo Credit Stuart Bradford A genetic variant that is particularly common in some Hispanic women with indigenous American ancestry appears to drastically lower the risk of breast cancer, a new study found. About one in five Latinas in the United...

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Opinionator | Couch: Why Doctors Need Stories

Couch is a series about psychotherapy. A FEW weeks ago, I received an email from the Danish psychiatrist Per Bech that had an unexpected attachment: a story about a patient. I have been writing a book about antidepressants — how well they...

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Opinionator | Couch: Why Doctors Need Stories

Couch is a series about psychotherapy. A FEW weeks ago, I received an email from the Danish psychiatrist Per Bech that had an unexpected attachment: a story about a patient. I have been writing a book about antidepressants — how well they work...

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Well: What’s Your Fitness Age?

Photo Credit Getty Images Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. You already know your chronological age, but do you know your fitness age? A new study of fitness and lifespan suggests that a person's so-called fitness age...

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Well: How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains

Photo Researchers studied participants in an after-school exercise program.Credit L. Brian Stauffer Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Encourage young boys and girls to run, jump, squeal, hop and chase after each other...

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Well: How to Make Pickles Without Canning

Recipes for Health Martha Rose Shulman on healthful cooking. Photo Credit Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times The idea for this week's recipes began during a week and a half I spent in Boston and New York in early September, when I kept...

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Well: How Does Ebola Spread? How Long Can the Virus Survive?

Q Can I get Ebola from public transportation? As in, if a passenger coughed into their hand and then held onto the pole, and then another passenger held onto that pole and inadvertently wiped their eye? A The answer is no. Someone with...

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Well: Ask Well: How Does Ebola Spread? How Long Can the Virus Survive?

Q Can I get Ebola from public transportation? As in, if a passenger coughed into their hand and then held onto the pole, and then another passenger held onto that pole and inadvertently wiped their eye? A The answer is no. Someone with...

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Well: After Surgery, Predicting a Speedy Recovery

Photo Sam Salmon, 64, was in a study that showed that protein activities correlated to recovery times.Credit Ramin Rahimian for The New York Times After surgery, some patients rebound quickly, and some endure weeks of fatigue or pain. What if...

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