Health

I'm a psychologist who studies couples: People in the happiest relationships do 5 things on Sundays—that most neglect

Before a new week begins, the happiest couples pause. Mark Travers, a psychologist who studies couples, shares the five simple check-ins help them stay close and emotionally in sync.

Rat poison found in HiPP baby food in Austria, prompting recall

The Dutch baby food and formula brand HiPP has recalled jars of baby food after one in Austria tested positive for rat poison, officials said. No one consumed the baby food.

How to make creme caramel – recipe

The slightly retro French dessert of gently set baked custard in a caramel sauce, and all in a few simple steps

Trump is right to rebalance global drug prices

Americans pay the highest prices in the world for brand-name prescription drugs. Patients in other wealthy countries, meanwhile, pay far less for the exact same treatments. Their government-run health systems bully drug companies into offering huge discounts, and then the United States is left subsidizing drug costs for the rest of the world.

US braces for arrival of flesh-eating maggots across southern border

Federal and state governments are preparing a major response to a dangerous flesh-eating, parasitic fly present in Mexico as it inches closer to the U.S. southern border.

Nathalie Baye, prolific star of French and Hollywood cinema, dies aged 77

Actor who worked with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s and starred in Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can died of Lewy body dementia, says family

How to Train Your Brain to See Possibility Instead of Doom

Our minds evolved to minimize unpredictability. But if we learn to live with doubt, a world of opportunities opens up.

Lesbians are reclaiming Madonna as we await her new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II

The singer is not only a hero for gay men. For a young lesbian like me in the 1990s, she was an object of desire and an inspiration

“After all the horrible things we’ve been through,’ he said to me, ‘if I die of cancer, it will make a bad story’: Siri Hustvedt on losing Paul Auster”

First there was the double tragedy that tore the family apart – then came a deadly diagnosis. The writer reflects on life after the death of her novelist husband

Rat poison found in baby food jar in Austria after product recall

Police say poison detected in jar of HiPP carrots and potatoes as maker says items may have been tampered with

This is how we do it: ‘I’ve been pregnant for almost our entire relationship’

Sol and João had a whirlwind romance and now have a baby on the way – which has changed their sexual connection for better and worse … How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

A better alternative to high-deductible health insurance

Nearly 60% of voters say out-of-pocket medical costs are among their most pressing financial worries. Yet Congress seems unwilling to heed that concern.