Month: December 2020

Weighing the risks and benefits of participating in sports against the larger public health factors. View original article Contributor: Perri Klass, M.D.

People who lived alone or who had few social contacts were up to 24 percent more likely to have falls than their socially connected peers. View original article Contributor: Nicholas Bakalar

View original article Contributor: Amy Harmon, Karen Zraick, Lucy Tompkins and Johnny Diaz

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The vital medical devices could be inexpensive and available over the counter. But efforts have stalled under the F.D.A. View original article Contributor: Paula Span

Balance is something the body learns to do automatically by engaging the postural muscles. View original article Contributor: Jane E. Brody

Some economists and politicians have proposed offering financial incentives, but that risks sending an unintended message. View original article Contributor: George Loewenstein and Cynthia Cryder

The new policy, which will take effect next summer, was described by Britain’s health secretary as a landmark and by an activist as “a fundamental shift toward recognizing people are individuals.” View original article Contributor: Livia Albeck-Ripka

Nearly 3 million doses are being shipped out, with the first coronavirus vaccine shipments set to arrive in states on Monday. View original article Contributor: Paulina Firozi

A large-scale public education campaign, delayed by false starts and investigations, will get off the ground just as the coronavirus vaccine becomes available to high-risk Americans. View original article Contributor: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Michael D. Shear