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What Happens to Childhood When You Start Counting Steps?
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
A fitness tracker may seem like a cool electronic toy, but something changes when you start counting the steps, skips and hops of childhood.
A peculiar side effect of screen time is cybersickness, which causes a person to feel woozy from viewing moving digital content.
A number of new meditation apps promise a journey to mindfulness, but with so many different options, It’s tough to know what to look for.
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic are set to become the first in the United States to transplant a uterus.
A fitness tracker may seem like a cool electronic toy, but something changes when you start counting the steps, skips and hops of childhood.
A crop of high-tech dinner-on-demand services now available just about anywhere there’s an Internet connection.
Emporiums of plant-based medicines offer products for what ails the mind, body and soul, even though scientific studies about their efficacy are inconclusive.
Kasha is a traditional Eastern European dish that can make a nutty, flavorful vegetarian main course at Thanksgiving.
Period trackers are among the most popular apps and have helped change girl culture by allowing girls to be more open about their periods.
The justices agreed to hear a challenge to a Texas law that would leave the state with about 10 abortion clinics, down from more than 40.
Some elderly New Yorkers receive too much income to be eligible for assistance, but not enough to pay for the services they need.
Gov. Steven L. Beshear of Kentucky defended his expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, imploring the governor-elect to keep the program.
The dispute between Irmat and the pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx is part of a recent flurry of attention being paid to the way name-brand pharmaceuticals are marketed.
The Food and Drug Administration regulations require importers to show that the food they bring into the United States meets American safety standards.
A renewed conversation about limiting smoking in multiple-unit dwellings could at least get things moving toward the right place.
About a third of Americans insured by Medicaid in 2014 were cigarette smokers. The figure for the privately insured? 13 percent.
A proposed federal rule, announced on Thursday, opens the latest front in the long-running campaign to curb unwanted exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
A determination by the Senate parliamentarian complicates voting issues surrounding the latest challenge to the president’s signature legislation.
New dog-service apps create a community of dog lovers, pairing those who crave canine companionship with dogs that could use more people time
A reader asks, how long does the shingles vaccine last?
Good medical care relies on understanding, and understanding is all about language.
A new generation of apps provide a personalized assessment of form to help you better serve, squat, swing, throw, lift, run or otherwise work out.
The teasing, judgment and unsolicited advice directed at overweight people may cause the greatest psychological harm.
Despite years of efforts to reduce obesity, federal health officials reported Thursday that the share of Americans who were obese increased slightly.
As marijuana laws are being loosened across the country, start-ups are using technology to transform what has traditionally been a face-to-face market.
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There is now one clear-cut case of transmission of the Ebola virus through semen, prompting officials to advise that male survivors use condoms, possibly indefinitely.
A reader asks: How does foot size affect running efficiency? Is there an advantage that counteracts the additional weight of a larger foot?
Many of the effects of and the behaviors associated with depression are risk factors for heart disease, and treating depressed heart patients with drugs like Prozac may help.
Savory pies and tarts are a go-to dish at Thanksgiving. They can be made well in advance and they make a great main course for guests who are not eating turkey.
What do you do when Americans, French, omnivores and vegans gather at the Thanksgiving table? Please them all with this festive torte of sweet potatoes, chick peas and lentils.
Turn your stuffing into muffins for a festive flare to the popular side dish.
If you’re looking to wow your crowd this Thanksgiving, consider these festive eggplant rolls.
Is “biohacking” just a fad? Or can data-driven diets help us become an improved, happier species?
A new gene-editing tool might create an ethical morass — or it might make revising nature seem natural.
The low immunization rate with the vaccine, tied in part to the touchy issue of sex, has measurably negative consequences.
A Pew survey captures how working parents are feeling shorted on time with their children, friends, partners or hobbies.
Biology, psychology and social forces can all affect mental health.
The New York Times is offering a free mobile app for the popular Scientific 7-Minute Workout and the new Advanced 7-minute Workout.
If you live with breast cancer, love someone with breast cancer or worry about your risk for breast cancer, you are part of a global community of women and men whose lives have been touched by the disease.
Few families are prepared when a baby dies prior to delivery. Here, parents who have navigated this difficult experience are sharing their insights.
What is it like to live with a chronic disease, mental illness or confusing condition? In Patient Voices, we feature first person accounts of the challenges patients face as they cope with various health issues.
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