Daily Low-Dose Aspirin No Longer Recommended by Doctors, if You’re Healthy

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/18 10:51A LAURA M. HOLSON

New guidelines suggest the risk of bleeding outweighs the heart benefits among healthy adults who take low-dose aspirin.

Trump Plans to End the AIDS Epidemic. In Places Like Mississippi, Obstacles Are Everywhere.

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/18 6:33A DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

The administration will focus on more than fifty “hot spots” in the U.S. that annually account for half of new H.I.V. infections. A clinic in the Deep South sees the challenges every day.

The Checkup: Talking to Children About Terminal Illness

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/17 11:00P PERRI KLASS, M.D.

New guidelines call for speaking openly with children when they or their parents face life-threatening diseases.

Personal Health: When the Benefits of Statins Outweigh the Risks

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/17 11:00P JANE E. BRODY

Knowing the odds of side effects and making sure to get periodic checkups that would pick up an adverse reaction, I chose to focus on the drugs’ potential benefits.

The New Health Care: When Email Comes to the Doctor’s Office, Wait Times Decrease

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/17 10:29P AUSTIN FRAKT

The growing use of electronic consultations can save time, expense and headaches.

Ebola Epidemic in Congo Could Last Another Year, C.D.C. Director Warns

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/16 1:32P DENISE GRADY

Returning from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency chief also worried that vaccine supplies could run out.

Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients May Not Need Open-Heart Surgery

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/16 7:34A GINA KOLATA

Replacement of the aortic valve with a minimally invasive procedure called TAVR proved effective in younger, healthier patients.

Can TV Dumb You Down?

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/15 11:08A NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Older adults who watched more than three and half hours of television a day had lower scores on tests of verbal memory,

Methadone Helped Her Quit Heroin. Now She’s Suing U.S. Prisons to Allow the Treatment.

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/15 10:30A ABBY GOODNOUGH

About to enter a federal prison, a Massachusetts woman is not permitted to continue taking the opioid as a treatment to block cravings and withdrawal from heroin addiction.

The New Old Age: Older Americans Are Awash in Antibiotics

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/15 8:37A PAULA SPAN

The drugs are not just overprescribed. They often pose special risks to older patients, including tendon problems, nerve damage and mental health issues.

Are Eggs Bad for Your Heart Health? Maybe

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/15 5:00A NICHOLAS BAKALAR

A new analysis found that for each additional 300 milligrams a day of cholesterol in the diet — and the more eggs you ate — the greater the risk for cardiovascular disease.

Tobacco, E-Cigarette Lobbyists Circle as F.D.A. Chief Exits

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/14 11:00P SHEILA KAPLAN and MATT RICHTEL

Juul and Big Tobacco have lobbied for months to protect themselves from aspects of the F.D.A.’s crackdown. As Scott Gottlieb leaves, they see an opening.

Ties: A Second Chance at Sisterhood

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/14 11:00P JAMILA OSMAN

I had never been close to my youngest sister. But after our other sister’s death, grief became the bridge we met on.

Doctors: Early Detection Is Possible for Pancreatic Cancer

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/14 11:00P DIANE M. SIMEONE, M.D.

We can help people at risk, but it is much more challenging if most people think that early detection and prevention are impossible.

Did Dietary Changes Bring Us ‘F’ Words? Study Tackles Complexities of Language’s Origins

NYTimes.com (Health) 3/14 2:23P JOANNA KLEIN

Softer foods from agricultural lifestyles may have changed the human bite, making it easier to form certain sounds.