A well-regarded philosophy professor, Dr. Silvers knew the subject firsthand, having had polio as a child.

End-of-life decisions for animals are difficult. A veterinarian has developed a scale to help clear up the confusion.

Thomas Hager’s “Ten Drugs” examines the history of both the good and bad of medication.

Machine-learning systems could be a boon to medicine. But they also can be hacked to mislead, researchers are discovering.

Some things aren’t worth remembering. Science is slowly working out how we might let that stuff go.

I was a small piece in the search to find a cure. Now I feel as if I’m getting erased, and medical science doesn’t have any answers.

Researchers found that the warnings, which alert people to disturbing material, may pose little benefit or harm to those who view them. But more study is needed, they agree.

Bladder training, biofeedback and other behavioral therapies may work even better in combination with drugs.

“I congratulate them on their courage,” said the photographer Nan Goldin, after the National Portrait Gallery said it would not accept a gift from the family, which has links to the opioid crisis.

It has been difficult to gauge the effectiveness of ThriveNYC, an expensive and sprawling mental health initiative.

Impaired smell is common, particularly in the elderly, but in about one in six people, no cause can be identified.

When my daughter was hospitalized for cancer treatment, I began collecting leftover condiments and medical supplies in an effort to control something in our uncontrollable world.

“In the present circumstances we do not think it right to seek or accept further donations from the Sacklers,” the group said in a statement.

The Food and Drug Administration is taking another look at breast implants because of renewed safety concerns.

As a patient who grappled with an ostomy, I grieved the suicide of a 10-year-old whose family said he was bullied for having one.

“The optimal intake of these drinks is zero,” said one expert. “They have no health benefits.”

A woo-woo profession is getting a boost from the wellness industrial complex. Seems … intuitive.

What appeared to be a cyst in a healthy fetus turned out to be an unformed twin “absorbed” early in pregnancy, connected by a second umbilical cord and still growing.

The medication works quickly, within 48 hours. But it’s an expensive infusion and requires a stay in a medical center.

A century of Danish advances for women met a barrier when a legislator was told by another female lawmaker that her baby had no place in Parliament, setting off a debate about gender politics.