Two New Drugs Help Relieve Sickle-Cell Disease. But Who Will Pay?

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/7 6:04A Gina Kolata

Adakveo and Oxbryta could be revolutionary treatments, but each costs about $100,000 per year and must be taken for life.

When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 10:00P Heather Murphy

After a bone marrow transplant, a man with leukemia found that his donor’s DNA traveled to unexpected parts of his body. A crime lab is now studying the case.

Surgeons Transplant a Testicle From One Brother to His Twin

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 11:40A Denise Grady

The rare operation has implications for wounded soldiers, accident victims, cancer patients and those undergoing sex reassignment.

Her Heart Stopped for 6 Hours. Now She’s Ready to Go Back to Work.

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 4:31A Anna Schaverien

Audrey Mash got caught in a snowstorm while hiking in the Pyrenees. Doctors say she experienced the longest period of cardiac arrest that a patient has survived in Spain.

Denmark Raises Antibiotic-Free Pigs. Why Can’t the U.S.?

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 3:44A Andrew Jacobs

American pigs are raised on a liberal diet of antibiotics, fueling the rise of resistant germs. Danish pork producers are proving there’s a better way.

Troubled Children’s Hospital Is Sued Over Toddler Who Died After Surgery

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 11:30A Ellen Gabler

North Carolina Children’s Hospital and several of its doctors are accused of failing to warn parents about known problems within the pediatric heart surgery program.

Premature Babies at Higher Diabetes Risk

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 11:01A Nicholas Bakalar

Infants born prematurely were at increased risk of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in ensuing decades.

Government Studying Widely Used Chemicals Linked to Health Issues

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 9:59A Eric Lipton

The class of chemicals, known as PFAS, was used in nonstick pans, stain-resistant clothes and firefighting foam and is found in drinking water in some places.

Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 9:41A Abby Goodnough and Margot Sanger

For the first time in many years, the government reported that spending on health care last year grew more slowly than the economy overall.

7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria in San Diego

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 7:29A Michael Levenson

County health officials are asking the medical community to be on the lookout for additional cases of myonecrosis, a bacterial infection associated with black-tar heroin use.

Your Mom Is Wrong: Your Vegetarian Diet Did Not Cause Cancer

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 6:21A Jen Gunter

Is there any link between soy consumption and cancer?

Nearly a Third of Teens Use One or More Tobacco Products

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 6:18A Jan Hoffman

While e-cigarettes are still the most popular, teens are also using other items like little flavored cigars — a worrisome sign for nicotine addiction, the C.D.C. says.

Dealing With Grown-Up ‘Mean Girls’

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/4 10:00P Rosalind Wiseman

Just as in the destructive patterns in adolescence, women can be both the victims and the villains in their adult relationships.

Working at Equinox: ‘It’s Very Hunger Games’

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/4 8:00P David Yaffe-Bellany

Working for the high-end gym chain seems glamorous, but for many trainers the schedule is unforgiving, the pay low and the turnover high.

Hair Dyes and Straighteners May Raise Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/4 1:01P Roni Caryn Rabin

A new study finds a weak link between coloring and straightening treatments and breast cancer. But experts caution the results are far from certain.