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Nutrition labels - choices

First Opinion By Dariush Mozaffarian and Siyi Shangguan

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

EverlyWell Shark Tank

Business By Allison Bond

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

Running in snow

Gut Check By Sharon Begley

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

Smart phone

First Opinion By Stephanie Tilenius

Your smartphone as medicine: Digital therapy is here to stay

Vegetables

First Opinion By Haider J. Warraich

Beyond aggravation: Constipation is an American epidemic

Writing Class

Health By Megan Thielking

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

Diet Plan

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Kale crackers and hibiscus tea: My five days on a ‘fasting diet’

Dr. Valter Longo

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

He wants to sell you a $300 ‘fasting diet’ to prolong your life. It might not be as crazy as it sounds

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Off the Charts

Off the Charts By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

There’s no one-size-fits-all for physician bodies. Why don’t ads for trendy medical scrubs reflect that?

Optimism

Health By Jacquelyn Corley

Glass-half-full attitude may help you live past 85, new study finds

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TV set

Health By Associated Press

Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight

CVS Pharmacy

Health By Associated Press

CVS announces further expansion into health care services

Alex Trebek

First Opinion By H. Gilbert Welch

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

VC Health Boot Camp

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

University of Nevada

Health By Rebecca Robbins

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

Laughter Yoga still

Video By Megan Thielking

Watch: Are the health benefits of laughter yoga overhyped?

Michelle Obama FDA labels

Politics By Joan Salge Blake

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

Alma's Sun Bath

Health By Leah Samuel

5 beauty-enhancing gadgets throughout history that were terrible ideas

UCI donation

Hospitals By Usha Lee McFarling

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

Mayweather McGregor

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

Treadmill desk

Business By Sharon Begley

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

Kale

First Opinion By Hena Patel and Kim Allan Williams Sr.

Not all vegan or plant-based diets are equally healthy

Healing Rays

Health By Leah Samuel

Rays of hope: light therapy through the ages

Energy healing

First Opinion By Arthur L. Caplan and Timothy Caulfield

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

Tanning

First Opinion By Sherry Pagoto and June K. Robinson

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

Morning Rounds Quiz

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

Hamburger and ketchup

Health By Megha Satyanarayana

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

Medicare Wellness Exam

First Opinion By Mara Schonberg

In defense of Medicare’s annual wellness exam

Sweet Dreams

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

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

E Coli

First Opinion By Susan E. Erdman

Did the microbiome help drive human evolution?

Wellness Visit

First Opinion By Ishani Ganguli

Does Medicare’s free annual wellness visit do any good?