An ER Kicks the Habit of Opioids for Pain
Instead of opioids, an ER in New Jersey now treats many pain patients with alternatives like laughing gas, trigger-point injections and even a therapy harp.
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CreditOrlando Sierra/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Delay Pregnancy in Areas With Zika, W.H.O. Suggests
The advice affects millions of couples in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika transmission is occurring or expected.
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CreditJake Naughton for The New York Times United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers
An online community known as “targeted individuals” says its members are being surveilled by groups of stalkers as part of a sprawling conspiracy. But psychiatrists beg to differ.
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What if PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological?
A new study supports what a small group of military researchers has suspected for decades: that modern warfare destroys the brain.
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CreditMax Reed for The New York Times Officials Preparing for Zika Virus to Spread in the U.S.
No one has contracted Zika from a mosquito in the continental United States, but health experts expect it to happen, so they are drafting a plan.
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CreditGiselle Potter How to Tiptoe Around a Depressed Mother
Silence is what your mother craves, but it is also her weapon. She actively ignores you.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Ask Well: Getting the Most Out of Whole Grains
A reader asks: Are whole grains as beneficial if they are ground up, for example, as in smoothies, or made into flour as in cereal?
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CreditiStock The Weekly Health Quiz: Sugar, Salt and Mosquitoes That Spread Zika
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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CreditGetty Images Finding Ways to Keep Patients at Home
My patient dutifully completed an advanced directive, but that piece of paper didn’t help her to live out her final months with the comfort and dignity that she deserved.
