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NY Times: Health, Wellness & Old Age Articles

Health

• Gibraltar Votes to Ease Abortion Restrictions
  Voters decided by a wide margin to lift a near-ban on the procedure, which had been one of the strictest such laws in Europe.
• They Relied on Chinese Vaccines. Now They’re Battling Outbreaks.
  More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease.
• New Alzheimer’s Drug Could Cost the Government as Much as It Spends on NASA
  The Alzheimer’s treatment will cost $56,000 per patient, and millions may use it. The result: “crazy numbers” for Medicare.
• Medicaid Enrollment Surpassed 80 Million, a Record, During the Pandemic
  The increase points to the program’s growing role not just as a safety net, but also as a foundation of U.S. health coverage.
• Obamacare Is Here to Stay. Brace for New Health Care Battles.
  Republicans in Congress have largely abandoned efforts to repeal the law. With the latest Supreme Court ruling, health policy now shifts to new territory.
• Obamacare Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge
  The court sidestepped the larger issue in the case, whether the 2010 health care law can stand without a provision that required most Americans to obtain insurance or pay a penalty.
• Covid Proved the C.D.C. Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?
  The pandemic revealed the glaring weaknesses of the world’s premier public health agency — and just how much work it would take to reform it.
• Government Warns Doctors and Insurers: Don’t Bill for Covid Vaccines
  Such billing has been rare, but public concern about it may be contributing to hesitancy about getting the shot.
• What Activities Can Unvaccinated Children Do? Advice From 828 Experts.
  This phase of the pandemic, when adults can be vaccinated but young children cannot, is confusing for many families.
• Covid Killed His Father. Then Came $1 Million in Medical Bills.
  Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt.

Wellness

• Not All Cyclists Wear Lycra
  The biking world can be intimidating, even for those who grew up in it. But that’s no reason to let your pandemic wheels gather dust.
• 6 Podcasts for Pet Owners
  These shows will help you to appreciate your bond with your furry friends, learn more about how their brains work and navigate the challenges of spending less time with them as the world reopens.
• Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop?
  At 83, and legally blind, I could use some assistance.
• Is the Forced Contraception Alleged by Britney Spears Legal?
  The United States has a dark history of court-sanctioned sterilization, but more recent rulings and legislation suggest it would violate a basic right.
• What to Look For in a Meditation App
  They can make big claims about reducing stress and even pain, but not everything that you’ll find in the App Store can necessarily restore your sense of calm.
• How Can I Tell My Mother-in-Law to Buzz Off?
  Nothing like a non-blood relative who won’t stay away.
• Hold the Tequila. The Sunrise Is All Some Travelers Need.
  As vaccination levels rise and Americans head back to the roads and skies, sober travel, a subset of vacations once relegated to 12-steppers and recovering addicts, is going mainstream.
• Weekly Health Quiz: Morning People, Hot Weather Exercise and Cognitive Super-Agers
  Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
• When Summer Begins
  Inside and out.
• Turn Tech to Your Advantage in the New Hybrid Workplace
  With people splitting work hours between office and home, it can be a challenge to figure out what tools to use in which situation.

Old Age

• A New Direction
  The blog is ending, but our coverage of caregiving and aging is not. The New Old Age will run as a twice-monthly column by Paula Span on nytimes.com and frequently in Science Times.
• Remembering the Lost
  At many nursing homes and assisted living places, a resident's passing may be hardly noted.
• The Future, Revisited
  Circumstances had changed, and all these documents needed to change, too.
• Diabetes Prevention That Works
  Lifestyle modification prevents Type 2 diabetes even more effectively in the elderly than in middle-aged patients.
• Dementia, but Prettier
  Julianne Moore gives a wonderful performance in "Still Alice," but the film skirts the truth about dementia.
• Questionable Remedies for Eye Disease
  Supplements claiming to prevent age-related macular degeneration often don't contain enough, or any, of the ingredients shown to help, a researcher warns.
• U.S. Health Care Lags Worldwide for Those Over 65
  The United States still has mortifying lapses and problems, despite spending more on health care than any country in the world, a new Commonwealth Fund report reveals.
• Unmet Needs Continue to Pile Up
  When someone is spending $3,500 or more a month for assisted living, are there fewer activities the resident can’t manage?
• A Focus on the Heart for Older Patients
  The first geriatric cardiology clinic in New York opened at N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center in August. It’s different.
• Part D for Drug Coverage — and Drudgery
  Like doing our taxes, signing up for Medicare Part D, the insurance program for drug coverage, takes days out of our lives and leaves us sitting in a heap of papers with a splitting headache.