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    Obamacare Didn’t Destroy Insurance Markets, but It Also Didn’t Fix Them

    A New York Times analysis of insurance market data.

  2. Phys Ed
    Why Running May Be Good for Your Back

    People who regularly jog or walk briskly appear to have healthier discs in their spines than people who do not exercise.

  3. With Melanoma, Lymph Node Removal May Not Improve Survival

    If melanoma cells are found in a lymph node, doctors routinely remove all the surrounding lymph nodes. But this practice may not improve survival.

  4. Persistent Pain May Increase Dementia Risk

    Older people who are often troubled by moderate or severe pain had faster declines in memory and increased risk of dementia.

  5. Anthem Will Exit Health Insurance Exchange in Ohio

    The insurer’s decision to leave the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2018 was seized on by Republicans as more evidence that the markets are “collapsing” under the law.

  6. Feature: America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic
  7. Diagnosis: She Had Never Suffered From Anxiety. Was She Having Her First Panic Attack?
  8. Pet Insurance Is the Latest Work Perk
  9. A Dilemma for Diabetes Patients: How Low to Push Blood Sugar, and How to Do It?
  10. Meditation for Real Life: How to Be Mindful With a Barking Dog
  11. Yoga With Cats
  12. Does Your Pet Need an Eye Doctor?
  13. The Vegan Dog
  14. Are Pets the New Probiotic?
  15. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Global Advocate for Women’s Health, Dies at 68
  16. Take a Number: Women With Aggressive Breast Cancer Are Living Longer
  17. Tech Tip: Getting Alerts From a Digital Pill Box
  18. The Upshot: Teaching Hospitals Cost More, but Could Save Your Life
  19. Personal Health: Feeding Young Minds: The Importance of School Lunches
  20. Feline Food Issues? ‘Whisker Fatigue’ May Be to Blame
  21. Running With Sherman: Running With the Herd
  22. interactiveThe Upshot: Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
  23. Adventures in Capitalism: Outcry Over EpiPen Prices Hasn’t Made Them Lower
  24. The Empathetic Dog
  25. Opinion: The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine
  26. The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care
  27. India Acknowledges Three Cases of Zika Virus
  28. The Velvet Rope Economy: The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.
  29. Airbnb Hosts More Likely to Reject the Disabled, a Study Finds
  30. Ask Well: Can Air-Conditioners Cause Sinus Congestion?
  31. interactiveInteractive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz: Wine, Coffee and Pain Relief
  32. The Upshot: How to Raise a Feminist Son
  33. Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days
  34. New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice
  35. You Look Familiar. Now Scientists Know Why.
  36. Chondroitin Eases the Pain of Knee Arthritis
  37. Food Allergies Found in Less Than 4 Percent of Americans
  38. Trump Rule Could Deny Birth Control Coverage to Hundreds of Thousands of Women

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