Well: Bothered by a ‘Gummy Smile’

Photo Images of study subjects before, at left, and after receiving Botox treatments to correct their "gummy smile," which was defined by the study as two or more millimeters of "gingival exposure upon smiling."Credit Aesthetic Surgery Journal ...

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Well: Statins May Speed Wound Healing

Statins, the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs, may have a role in surgical wound healing, a new analysis suggests. The review, published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, covered 20 studies of statins and surgical wound healing. They demonstrated...

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Well: Running 5 Minutes a Day Has Long-Lasting Benefits

Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a person's risk of dying prematurely, according to a large-scale new study of exercise and mortality. The findings...

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Well: Rustle, Tingle, Relax: The Compelling World of A.S.M.R.

A few months ago, I was on a Manhattan-bound D train heading to work when a man with a chunky, noisy newspaper got on and sat next to me. As I watched him softly turn the pages of his paper, a chill spread like carbonated bubbles through the back of...

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DealBook: Equinox Fitness Is Buying Rest of Millennium’s Gyms

Photo The Reebok Sports Club/NY gym is one of several properties Equinox Fitness has acquired in a $110 million deal.Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times The high-end fitness industry may be awash in trendy concepts — CrossFit, boot camps and...

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Well: Nursing Home Unthinkable? Be Prepared in Case It’s Inevitable

Photo Credit Ellen Weinstein Personal Health Jane Brody on health and aging. Nobody looks forward to spending their final years in a nursing home, yet 1.4 million Americans are living in this often-feared institutional setting. You may...

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Well: Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain

About two-thirds of adults have lower back pain at some point in their lives, and most are told to take acetaminophen, sold under brand names like Tylenol and Panadol. Medical guidelines around the world recommend acetaminophen as a first-line treatment....

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Well: The Workout: Practicing His Own Medicine

Credit Colin Archdeacon for The New York Times Many doctors encourage their patients to exercise. But one who follows his own advice – and then some – is Dr. Jordan Metzl, a sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New...

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Well: Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain

About two-thirds of adults have lower back pain at some point in their lives, and most are told to take acetaminophen, sold under brand names like Tylenol and Panadol. Medical guidelines around the world recommend acetaminophen as a first-line treatment....

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The New Old Age Blog: Stealing a Page From the Boomers’ Playbook

When we last checked in with Alice Fisher, Hurricane Sandy had forced her ailing 90-year-old parents out of their ruined co-op apartment in Long Beach, N.Y., where they had expected — with the enthusiastic approval of their two daughters — to live out...

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Well: Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain

About two-thirds of adults have lower back pain at some point in their lives, and most are told to take acetaminophen, sold under brand names like Tylenol, Anacin and Panadol. Medical guidelines around the world recommend acetaminophen as a first-line...

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Well: How Our Arms Help Us Run

Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. How we hold our arms affects how we run, but probably not in ways that most of us would expect, according to a new study of upper body biomechanics. The ideal arm swing may be the one that...

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Well: A Sleep Apnea Test Without a Night in the Hospital

Photo Donald G. McNeil Jr., given a diagnosis of mild apnea 10 years ago, found a home test less cumbersome than in a lab.Credit Michael Nagle for The New York Times Where was I? Sorry — must have nodded off for a decade. Ten years ago, I spent...

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Well: How Many Americans Are Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual?

As it has for decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week released its annual National Health Interview Survey on the health of Americans. But this year, there was a difference: For the first time, the respondents were asked about...

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Well: 3 Things to Know About Niacin and Heart Health

Photo Credit Stuart Bradford Recent studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine are adding to concerns about the safety and effectiveness of niacin, a popular drug for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The studies reveal that...

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Well: A Vasectomy May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk

Men with vasectomies may be at an increased risk for the most lethal form of prostate cancer, researchers have found. But aggressive cancer nonetheless remains rare in these patients. Earlier studies had hinted at a connection between vasectomies and...

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The New Old Age: Warming Times in a Cold Land

Photo A scene from the new film "Land Ho!"Credit Sony Pictures Classics Attention, moviegoers interested in aging who thought "The Iron Lady" was too depressing, "Nebraska" was too depressing, and "Amour" was off-the-charts depressing. I've got...

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Well: A Vasectomy May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk

Men with vasectomies may be at an increased risk for the most lethal form of prostate cancer, researchers have found. But aggressive cancer nonetheless remains rare in these patients. Earlier studies had hinted at a connection between vasectomies and...

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Well: 3 Things to Know About Niacin and Heart Health

Photo Credit Stuart Bradford Recent studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine are adding to concerns about the safety and effectiveness of niacin, a popular drug for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The studies reveal that...

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Well: A Family Plot

Photo Credit Victor J. Blue for The New York Times As a gift one year, an eminently practical cousin presented my family with five funeral plots in a Cape Cod cemetery — sufficient for Mom and Dad, my two siblings and me. As Cousin Nina told my...

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