New York Times - Health

Advertising takes aim at about 40 House Democrats who will help determine the fate of the health care bill.

The first enforcement action of its kind is part of an offensive by the health department against nightclubs it says flouts the rules.

Three treatment strategies that doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes have proven to be ineffective or even harmful.

Gov. David A. Paterson is expected to approve a bill that would exempt training programs for yoga teachers from state regulation.

Win or lose on health care, President Obama will face a vastly different political landscape after the fate of his plan is decided.

As the health care drama enters its final act, Alan S. Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian, is in a starring role.

Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.

A recent survey found that the most severe hunger-related problems in the nation are in the South Bronx, long one of the country’s capitals of obesity.

Epdermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic disease full of suffering and disfigurement that makes skin as fragile as a butterfly’s wing, is the focus of research along three differing paths.

Like it or not, more cost control looks likely to flourish in any health plan, Tyler Cowen says.

Cosmetic surgeries are down. Doctors blame the recession. But maybe it’s more than a pocketbook issue.

Advice for making an informed decision about supporting an ailing parent without bankrupting the family.

The miss in prostate cancer follows a similar disappointment with Avastin in gastric cancer but success in ovarian cancer.

Rank-and-file House Democrats were frustrated, saying they had received few details about what would be in the legislation.

Experts from the Yale Child Study Center discuss the social stigmas of living with Tourette's syndrome.

The Curious Cook columnist Harold McGee answers reader questions about healthful cooking.