Category Archives: NY Times

G.O.P. Candidates’ Stances on Health Care Mask Their Records as Governors

The three current or former governors running for president are united in their commitment to repealing President Obama’s health care law, but have had divergent approaches.



The New Old Age Blog: A Helping Hand, Paid on Commission

Many services that refer families to local assisted living facilities and nursing homes are paid to do so by those businesses.



Wounded Vets Try Paragliding From Wheelchairs

New programs have sprung up offering extreme sports for the disabled, many of them veterans, whose bodies are badly injured but whose souls still crave adventure.



Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is on the verge of granting a final permit to the Army Corps of Engineers to widen and deepen the channel for the port of Miami.



Obama’s Retreat on Ozone Standards Angers Environmentalists

Analysts said the president could face repercussions from what environmental groups see as his brazen political sellout in abandoning stricter air-quality rules.



Digital Domain: Wireless Medical Monitoring Might Untether Patients

A near-weightless patch worn at home might one day replace the electrodes and wires that can tether a patient to hospital machines.



In Russia, Harsh Remedy for Addiction Gains Favor

Centers like City Without Drugs employ a detoxification and rehabilitation program that would be considered harsh by Western standards.



Obama Administration Abandons Plan to Tighten Air-Quality Rules

After intense lobbying by industry, the White House overruled a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a stricter standard for ground-level ozone.



Solyndra, Solar Firm Aided by Federal Loans, Shuts Doors

A Silicon Valley maker of solar power arrays that was started with high hopes and $527 million in loans from the federal government said that it would cease operations.



Florida Laws Shutting ‘Pill Mills’

Officials have implemented tougher laws in an effort to disrupt an illegal pipeline for prescription drugs like Oxycodone.