Health Care

Blockbuster weight-loss drugs are revealing how appetite, pleasure and addiction work in the brain

Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way

Myopia is becoming so common some people deem it “epidemic.” Here’s why getting kids outside and treating nearsightedness early is crucial for healthy eyesight

Family caregivers provide critical support and familiarity to patients, but can also experience burnout

A state court ruling that embryos from in vitro fertilization are unborn children harms access to care for fertility patients, as well as medical innovations

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

Expanding the state and federal insurance program helps prevent overdoses. But that only happens with enough treatment, and legal reform, to make it work

Designating an IVF embryo as a person reveals the radical impact of an extreme antiabortion argument gone mainstream

Nose-plus-throat swabbing for COVID could increase test accuracy—but could create problems, too

Medical alarms don’t have to be louder to be more effective

A cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a company owned by UnitedHealth Group, had a wide impact that's expected to grow

The Inflation Reduction Act allows nonprofit hospitals to take advantage of renewable tax credits that were otherwise out of reach