Sleep Tied to Teenagers’ All-Around Health

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/17 5:35A NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Adolescents who got enough sleep had a lower risk of metabolic problems.

How To Get Your Intuition Back (When It’s Hijacked By Life)

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 11:03P JUDI KETTELER

Suddenly at midlife, the gut instinct I had long relied on to make important life decisions left me. Here’s how I learned to get it back.

Blood Pressure Medicine Is Recalled

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 12:05P SHEILA KAPLAN

The F.D.A. announced that batches of a widely used generic drug, valsartan, made in China, might be tainted with a probable cancer-causing ingredient.

Cognitive Test Trump Took May Have Been Undermined by Publicity, Doctors Warn

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 11:38A NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Articles about the test, known as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, listed some of its questions, potentially influencing future patients.

Defendants on Probation Can Be Jailed for Drug Relapse, Court Rules

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 11:32A JAN HOFFMAN

Many medical experts said that relapse is part of recovery and a symptom of disease, and shouldn’t be punished with jail. A court disagreed.

In New Jersey, Legal Marijuana Is So Close You Can Smell It. But It Could Be Awhile.

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 8:04A NICK CORASANITI

Legal pot was a central campaign promise for Gov. Philip D. Murphy, and dispensaries are getting ready. Meanwhile, the legislature is taking its time.

Global Health: Now in Sight: Success Against an Infection That Blinds

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 5:33A DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Following a 20-year campaign, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health menace in at least seven poor countries.

mind: Psychology Itself Is Under Scrutiny

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/16 1:00A BENEDICT CAREY

Many famous studies of human behavior cannot be reproduced. Even so, they revealed aspects of our inner lives that feel true.

The Checkup: Writing Prescriptions to Play Outdoors

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/15 11:00P PERRI KLASS, M.D.

Advantages for children include being physically active, spending time in nature and getting away from screens. And fun.

Personal Health: When to Get Your Bone Density Tested

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/15 11:00P JANE E. BRODY

Updated guidelines can help women decide when to have bone density screening but may discourage men.

William McBride, Who Warned About Thalidomide, Dies at 91

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/15 9:21A NEIL GENZLINGER

Proclaimed a hero, Dr. McBride was later embroiled in lengthy controversies over faulty research.

In Town With Little Water, Coca-Cola Is Everywhere. So Is Diabetes.

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/13 11:00P OSCAR LOPEZ and ANDREW JACOBS

Residents of one of Mexico’s rainiest regions often have no water to drink, so many hydrate with soda. The impact on public health has been devastating.

Breast-Feeding or Formula? For Americans, It’s Complicated

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/13 11:00P CHRISTINA CARON

A brief history of the debate in the U.S., from the rise of formula to the Trump administration opposing an international resolution encouraging breast-feeding.

Drug to Treat Smallpox Approved by F.D.A., a Move Against Bioterrorism

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/13 12:16P DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Though the disease was eradicated decades ago, national security experts fear that stocks of the virus in labs could be released as a bioweapon.

McDonald’s Salads Linked to Intestinal Parasite Outbreak in Midwest

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/13 7:51A MATTHEW HAAG

Iowa and Illinois have recorded more than 100 cases of cyclosporiasis, which causes nausea and fatigue. McDonald’s has stopped selling salads at about 3,000 locations.