The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.
Patients aren't the only ones interested in alternative and complementary medicine. In a new series, Well talks to doctors across the country to find out what nontraditional medicines or therapies they sometimes recommend or use themselves.
Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, called Ms. Beckett an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.
As head of the citys maternity services bureau, Dr. Pakter supported a law that legalized abortion in New York before Roe v. Wade, and one of her studies led to a breakthrough in care for premature babies.
Pregnant women who were vaccinated against the flu were more likely to deliver regular-size babies, at a point closer to the due date, an analysis showed.
Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of speech privacy in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
A study found a sharp increase in the disease's prevalence among teens, adding to worries that diabetes may progress more rapidly in children than in adults.
The death from heart attack of the ultramarathoner Micah True has raised awareness about the safety of marathon racing and training. But the science suggests that distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you -- except when, in rare instances, they do.
Instead of reading about the distance runner Micah True, why not grab your running shoes and listen to the story of the remarkable ultramarathoner known as Caballo Blanco?
Robert Sturman, an artist from Santa Monica, Calif., has traveled around the world painting and photographing landscapes, musicians and athletes. But it is the study of yoga that has triggered one of the most creative periods of his career.
Shoppers at farmers' markets may come across green garlic, which has been harvested early, before the cloves have matured. The Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers five new ways to cook with green garlic.
Gretchen Reynolds, the Phys Ed columnist, on the science of high-intensity interval training, or H.I.T., which scientists are finding can be as effective as longer endurance training.
Michael French has frontotemporal dementia, for which there is no treatment. As his condition deteriorated, his wife, Ruth, had to move him to a nursing home, where she spends most days.
Cellulaze, a new treatment that requires only one doctors visit, is being breathlessly hailed by many as a bona fide solution, but some doctors have reservations.
Two new books, one by a group of medical ethicists and another by the feminist critic Susan Gubar, offer searing accounts of confronting a lethal disease.
Taking Truvada daily can help people in at-risk groups prevent H.I.V. infection, but the consequences of loose adherence go beyond contracting the virus.
In 2007, a trial of an AIDS vaccine made by Merck was stopped early when it became clear that it was not protecting everyone. Now a follow-up study has confirmed the worst fears of researchers.
People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called good cholesterol, showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.
A clinical trial of Crenezumab will focus largely on members of a Colombian family who are genetically destined to develop the disease but who do not yet have any symptoms.
Collards are a nutritious and versatile vegetable, whether you just want to get a quick, satisfying meal on the table or take the time to coax out their sweetness.
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