Well: Ask Well: Weight Gain at Menopause

Q At menopause, I experienced a sudden and dramatic weight gain. I was healthy and exercised moderately five times a week for 30-plus years; I have always been careful about my diet, eating only healthy fresh food that I prepare myself. I am...

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Well: The Workout: A Ref Keeps Up With March Madness

The Workout An inside look at fitness routines, by Anahad O'Connor. As the big college basketball tournaments get underway, many eyes will be on the players scrambling up and down the courts in pursuit of a national championship. But the players...

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Well: Exercising for Healthier Eyes

Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Age-related vision loss is common and devastating. But new research suggests that physical activity might protect our eyes as we age. There have been suggestions that exercise might reduce...

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Books: “Caffeinated,” a History of Our Favorite Stimulant

One legend says it all began when a North African herder saw his goats eat some wild berries, then frolic with unusual verve. Another story cites a few small leaves blown off a nearby bush into the Chinese emperor's mug of hot water. Either way, whether...

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Poison Pen: A Threat to Male Fertility

To study the impact of everyday chemicals on fertility, federal researchers recently spent four years tracking 501 couples as they tried to have children. One of the findings stood out: while both men and women were exposed to known toxic chemicals,...

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Making Vaccination Mandatory for All Children

An outbreak of measles in Manhattan showed that even doctors had overlooked the disease as childhood vaccination became widespread. But over the last decade more people have objected to immunization. Along with the religious exemptions that almost all...

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Well: Stress May Affect Fertility

Can stress affect a woman's ability to become  pregnant? A new study says it may. Over  four years, 401 women who were stopping  contraception and trying to have a baby  underwent saliva testing for two stress-related substances:...

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Well: A Viral Misery That Loves Company

Personal Health Jane Brody on health and aging. I have often felt sorry for people whose cruise ship vacations were marred by a nasty gastrointestinal virus that kept them quarantined in their cabins and sometimes cut short the trip. But now...

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Poison Pen: A Threat to Male Fertility

To study the impact of everyday chemicals on fertility, federal researchers recently spent four years tracking 501 couples as they tried to have children. One of the findings stood out: while both men and women were exposed to known toxic chemicals,...

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The New Old Age Blog: In Many States, Few Legal Rights for C.C.R.C. Residents

"I'm not naïve about the corporate world," Burton Richter told me when we spoke about the class action lawsuit he and other residents are bringing against Vi at Palo Alto, a very upscale continuing care retirement community. Dr. Richter, 83, has served...

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Well: Ha! The Quiz

Laughter seems like the most natural response when something funny happens. But why don't we all laugh at the same thing? How the brain processes humor reveals some interesting truths about human nature. Take this quiz, based on the new book "Ha! The...

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Well: Ask Well: Exercises to Strengthen Bones

Q What are good exercises to prevent osteoporosis? What specific weight bearing or weight lifting exercises increase bone density in the spine? A In general, activities that involve impacts with the earth, such as running and...

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Well: The Bugs in Your Home Quiz

How familiar are you with the creepy, crawly critters that live under your roof? Scientists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University scoured 50 homes in the Raleigh, N.C., area. They often found as many...

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Well: The Bugs in Our Homes

We swat flies on our windowsills. Watch ants scramble for the crumbs on our kitchen counters. Bathe our pets to rid them of fleas. And all of us have crossed paths with the nasty cockroach. But what most of us don't know is that our homes...

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Well: Study Questions Fat and Heart Disease Link

Many of us have long been told that saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, causes heart disease. But a large and exhaustive new analysis by a team of international scientists found no evidence that eating saturated fat increased heart...

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Well: A Surgical Procedure’s Risks, Unmentioned

Personal Health Jane Brody on health and aging. Many patients assume that, like prescription drugs, surgical procedures and instruments undergo extensive testing and must be government-approved. It's not necessarily so. Developers, of course,...

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The New Old Age Blog: Mammography’s Limits, Seldom Understood

A sad fact: None of the eight major clinical trials looking at whether regular mammograms reduce a woman's risk of dying from breast cancer has included women over age 75. Older adults are frequently excluded from trials, a problem for those trying...

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Doctor and Patient: Emergency Rooms Are No Place for the Elderly

Doctor and Patient Dr. Pauline Chen on medical care. The elderly man lived alone in an apartment complex not far from the hospital. A younger neighbor, who'd watched him hobble down the building's stairwell for nearly a week, insisted on taking...

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Well: To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jilly Dos Santos really did try to get to school on time. She set three successive alarms on her phone. Skipped breakfast. Hastily applied makeup while her fuming father drove. But last year she rarely made it into the frantic scrum at...

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Well: Ask Well: Laser Treatments for Nail Fungus

Q How effective are laser treatments for toe nail fungus? Is there any medical evidence suggesting that laser treatments actually work for fungal infections in toenails? A Laser treatments for nail fungus have become fairly common...

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Doctor and Patient: Emergency Rooms Are No Place for the Elderly

Doctor and Patient Dr. Pauline Chen on medical care. The elderly man lived alone in an apartment complex not far from the hospital. A younger neighbor, who'd watched him hobble down the building's stairwell for nearly a week, insisted on taking...

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