wellness

First Opinion By H. Gilbert Welch

Screening for ‘hidden’ pancreatic cancer can put people in jeopardy

First Opinion By Dariush Mozaffarian and Siyi Shangguan

Do food and menu nutrition labels influence consumer or industry behavior?

Health By Rebecca Robbins

A new VC firm will invest in your startup — and pay for you to get therapy and acupuncture

Special Report By Shiho Fukada

Japan faces its old age with robots and virtual reality

Gut Check By Sharon Begley

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

First Opinion By Stephanie Tilenius

Your smartphone as medicine: Digital therapy is here to stay

Health By Rebecca Robbins

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

Video By Megan Thielking

Watch: Are the health benefits of laughter yoga overhyped?

Politics By Joan Salge Blake

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

Health By Leah Samuel

5 beauty-enhancing gadgets throughout history that were terrible ideas

Hospitals By Usha Lee McFarling

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

Health By Max Blau

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

Business By Sharon Begley

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

First Opinion By Hena Patel and Kim Allan Williams Sr.

Not all vegan or plant-based diets are equally healthy

First Opinion By Haider J. Warraich

Beyond aggravation: Constipation is an American epidemic

Health By Leah Samuel

Rays of hope: light therapy through the ages

First Opinion By Arthur L. Caplan and Timothy Caulfield

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

First Opinion By Sherry Pagoto and June K. Robinson

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

Health By Megan Thielking

How well do you know the week’s health news? Take our quiz

Health By Megan Thielking

Goop promoted her as one of ‘our doctors.’ But Dr. Aviva Romm is concerned the site is becoming a caricature

Health By Megha Satyanarayana

How much protein is in that Big Mac? Take our nutrition quiz

Health By Megan Thielking

In pain and with nowhere to go, homeless patients find respite in a writing group

First Opinion By Mara Schonberg

In defense of Medicare’s annual wellness exam

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

Are drug makers overlooking the next big category of sleep drugs?

First Opinion By Susan E. Erdman

Did the microbiome help drive human evolution?