Category: Health
![How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/28/magazine/28mag-mental/28mag-mental-facebookJumbo.jpg)
How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides
“Were you burned out,” I asked. Her face was flat. “I still am,” she said. “Yeah. Yes, and I still am.” Worcester is famous for…
![Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/23/multimedia/23sci-ratselfies-opener/23sci-ratselfies-opener-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)
When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to ponder the point of picture-taking in the modern world: Why…
![The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/20/multimedia/20SCI-SPAN-05-tzgm/20SCI-SPAN-05-tzgm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women
Last Thanksgiving, Cynthia Mosson had been on her feet all day in her kitchen in Frankfort, Ind., preparing dinner for nine. She was nearly finished…
![With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/17/multimedia/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis
For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law…
![King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/17/multimedia/17prostate-kzqh/17prostate-kzqh-facebookJumbo.jpg)
King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age
King Charles III will have a procedure to address an enlarged prostate at a hospital next week. The 75-year-old British monarch’s diagnosis is common among…
![An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/16/multimedia/00-sci-blood-brain-barrier-01-hvqk/00-sci-blood-brain-barrier-01-hvqk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine
There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. It can remove some of the amyloid that forms brain plaques that are hallmarks…
![Quaker Oats Recalls More Products Over Potential Salmonella Contamination](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/13/multimedia/13xp-recall-ctpv/13xp-recall-ctpv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Quaker Oats Recalls More Products Over Potential Salmonella Contamination
The Quaker Oats Company added more products this week to a recall that started last month over possible salmonella contamination, raising the total number of…
![Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/12/multimedia/12marijuana-jkql/12marijuana-jkql-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana
Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed…
![Researchers Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/16/multimedia/00DOGAGING-01-bktc/00DOGAGING-01-bktc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Researchers Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive
In late 2019, scientists began searching for 10,000 Americans willing to enroll their pets in an ambitious new study of health and longevity in dogs….
![F.D.A. Warned of Mental Side Effects from Asthma Drug, Singulair. Few Were Told.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/10/12/multimedia/XXSingulair-promo-vgkc/XXSingulair-promo-vgkc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
F.D.A. Warned of Mental Side Effects from Asthma Drug, Singulair. Few Were Told.
In early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration responded to decades of escalating concerns about a commonly prescribed drug for asthma and allergies by deploying…