Category: Health

The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations. Source: NYT > Well.

New research in amateur football and soccer players has identified some potential early warning signs of C.T.E. Source: NYT > Well.

Twelve exercises, thousands of possible routines. Use our tool to design one that’s right for you. Source: NYT > Well.

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. But rehab is expensive, without enough beds for those who seek it. Source: NYT > Well.

The “Eat, Pray, Love” author on healing from the sex and love addiction that almost destroyed her life. Source: NYT > Well.

A few basic guidelines help us ensure we’re finding and interviewing the right sources for health and wellness news. Source: NYT > Well.

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when a vaccine committee recommended all newborns receive the shot. Source: NYT > Well.

The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute. Source: NYT > Well.

Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood. Source: NYT > Well.

Though some researchers believe it should be labeled endemic in the United States, most Americans don’t need to worry about getting sick. Source: NYT > Well.