wellness

Special Report Shiho Fukada

Japan faces its old age with robots and virtual reality

Business Allison Bond

A ‘Shark Tank’-funded test for food sensitivity is medically dubious, experts say

Gut Check Sharon Begley

Does exercise burn more calories in the cold than in warm weather?

First Opinion Stephanie Tilenius

Your smartphone as medicine: Digital therapy is here to stay

Health Rebecca Robbins

‘What the 21st century demands’: designing homes to improve patients’ health

Video Megan Thielking

Watch: Are the health benefits of laughter yoga overhyped?

Politics Joan Salge Blake

The FDA’s plan to delay the new food label is a bad move for public health

Health Leah Samuel

5 beauty-enhancing gadgets throughout history that were terrible ideas

Hospitals Usha Lee McFarling

A $200 million gift promotes alternative therapies at a California medical school — and critics recoil

Health Max Blau

Here’s what Conor McGregor may be doing to his body as he sheds weight for his fight against Floyd Mayweather

Business Sharon Begley

‘Voluntary’ workplace wellness programs dealt setback by U.S. court

First Opinion Hena Patel and Kim Allan Williams Sr.

Not all vegan or plant-based diets are equally healthy

First Opinion Haider J. Warraich

Beyond aggravation: Constipation is an American epidemic

Health Leah Samuel

Rays of hope: light therapy through the ages

First Opinion Arthur L. Caplan and Timothy Caulfield

Mainstream medicine is partly to blame for the ridiculous ‘treatments’ Goop promotes

First Opinion Sherry Pagoto and June K. Robinson

Tans — even from a new drug — aren’t the way to prevent skin cancer

Health Megan Thielking

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