Health
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Hoecakes for Weekend Breakfast; ‘Those Meatballs’ for Weeknight Dinner
“Those meatballs” being Suzanne Goin’s lamb meatballs in spicy tomato sauce.
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Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment
Single-use insulin pens changed Brian Brandell’s life. Growing up with Type 1 diabetes in the 1970s, he had to carry…
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Can Your Personal Medical Devices Be Recycled?
Inhalers, EpiPens, home tests for flu or Covid, mouth guards. They accumulate in our homes, and recycling methods and advice…
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Drug Drastically Reduces Children’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens
Xolair cuts the risk of dangerous reactions after exposure to minute amounts of allergens, researchers reported. But children taking it…
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What to Know About Xolair and Food Allergies
The drug does not completely prevent reactions, but it can reduce the risks posed by trace amounts of food allergens.
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As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive
Appointment cancellations and financial distress have become a constant at Bethesda Pediatrics, a nonprofit medical clinic in East Texas that…
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Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
The F.D.A. recently approved the first therapy for patients in danger of losing their toes, fingers and other exposed parts…
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N.Y. Attorney General Urges Stricter Warnings for Asthma Drug
The A.G., Letitia James, called on the F.D.A. to redouble efforts to alert doctors about potential side effects of Singulair…
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Major Embryo Shipping Company Halts Business in Alabama
The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do…
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See a Day in the Life of a New York City Dishwasher
Drevon Alston runs the dish pit at the perennially packed Brooklyn restaurant Gage & Tollner. We followed him as he…