The death rate among patients with the most serious heart conditions reached nearly 50 percent, newly released data show. State and federal regulators are investigating.

The death rate among patients with the most serious heart conditions reached nearly 50 percent, newly released data show. State and federal regulators are investigating.

The state is teaming up with Silicon Valley to make mental health services more available. Promises abound, and so do potential problems.

The state is teaming up with Silicon Valley to make mental health services more available. Promises abound, and so do potential problems.

Fat in the thighs and abdomen was associated with advanced prostate cancers.

Sometimes appearances, or statistics, can be deceiving.

Sometimes appearances, or statistics, can be deceiving.

Readers describe the advantages and drawbacks of compressing their chests.

Readers describe the advantages and drawbacks of compressing their chests.

After years of public outrage, some bipartisan solutions are emerging. But whether they will make it through a divided Washington is still unclear.

Alternatives to prescription drugs for insomnia offer better, safer and more long-lasting solutions, experts say.

Alternatives to prescription drugs for insomnia offer better, safer and more long-lasting solutions, experts say.

Under Demetre Daskalakis’s tenure, New York City has lowered H.I.V. transmission rates, rolled out PrEP and removed some of the stigma associated with H.I.V. and AIDS. But his work is far from done.

Archaeologists have identified remnants of small, round dough rings at an excavation site in Austria. But no cream cheese.

More than half of the fathers in a national poll reported being criticized about their parenting decisions.

Each locality in the country, from small towns to major cities, would receive a payout in a settlement with the companies who made, distributed and sold opioids.

Apps and trackers can flood users with confusing data, doctors say. Some warn against orthosomnia, an obsession with “perfect” sleep.

I was no longer a husband, and even my role as a father was modified. I was the dad who came out: the gay dad.

Breast-fed milk may nourish a baby’s microbiome in ways that bottled breast milk can’t.

In the United States, if you get bitten by a bat, get rabies shots.