Persistent Smells
I recently spent a day in a home full of strong-smelling lilies. For the next week, I smelled the same smell. What could cause this? |
New Creams Smooth Wrinkles, but They're Not Botox
Welcome to the world of anti-aging cosmetics, a vast and chaotic bazaar where hundreds of products vie for dollars. |
Preserving a Delicate Balance of Potassium
Western-style diets are relatively poor in potassium, a crucial nutrient. |
Behavior: An Epileptic Child's Best Friend
When a child has a seizure, the family dog may be the first to respond, according to a recently released study. |
Remedies: A Mute for the Roar of the Snorer
If you cannot stop a snorer from snoring, how can you cut down on the noise? Here's one possible solution. |
Fear in the Workplace: The Bullying Boss
Researchers are turning their attention to the bullies of the workplace. |
Secrets of the Happy Life
Two good ways to learn how to gain confidence and other inner strengths. |
Prevention: Weapons in the War on Glaucoma
Treating elevated blood pressure within the eye can cut in half the risk of glaucoma for African-Americans, according to a new study. |
Outcomes: Acupuncture and Neck Pain
Acupuncture may have lasting benefits for neck pain, the authors of a new study say. |
Paying Homage to the Wisdom of Voices From Medicine's Past
Without fanfare, decades-old journal articles go online. |
No Skeeters, No Problem? Not So Fast
In the grand scheme of things, mosquitoes do have some value. |
A Debate on How to Treat Precancerous Breast Disease
There is a mounting debate among experts over how aggressively to treat ductal carcinoma in situ, which has a 10-year mortality rate hovering around 1 percent. |
Justices Limit Ability to Sue Health Plans
The Supreme Court rejected efforts by states to give patients the ability to sue managed-care companies for damages for refusing to cover treatment. |
Report Says Author Died of Complications From Anesthesia
Olivia Goldsmith, the author of the novel that became the successful Hollywood movie "The First Wives Club,"died of cardiac arrest while under sedation for cosmetic surgery. |
Spread of Polio in Africa Makes U.N. Fear a Major Epidemic
The 60 cases just reported by Nigeria for the final week in April constitute the largest weekly number for any country in recent years. |
10 Million Women Who Lack Cervix Get Pap Tests
As many as 10 million women who have had hysterectomies and who no longer have a cervix are still getting Pap tests, a new study finds. |
Agency Tightens Rules on Outside Work
The National Institutes of Health is planning to tighten restrictions on its scientists' work with drug companies, including making random audits to catch unreported conflicts of interest. |
A Very Muscular Baby Offers Hope Against Diseases
The baby, it turned out in the first such documented case in a human, had a double dose of a genetic mutation that causes immense strength in mice and cattle. |
Lottery Planned for Test of Medicare's New Drug Coverage
The Bush administration will conduct a lottery to select 50,000 people who will receive Medicare coverage of prescription drugs in the next 18 months. |
British Study Sees Scant Value in Alzheimer's Drug Aricept
The most widely prescribed drug for Alzheimer's disease, Aricept, does not delay the onset of disability or the need for a nursing home, British researchers report. |
Drug Maker Acknowledges Some Negative Test Results
Amid the controversy over clinical drug tests, Forest Laboratories said that an antidepressant called Lexapro did not help depressed children and adolescents. |
Experimental SARS Vaccines Work on Animals, Studies Say
Scientists reported that they had protected animals from the SARS virus by two different types of experimental immunizations. |
As Doctors Write Prescriptions, Drug Companies Write Checks
An investigation has shed light on the system of financial lures that drug companies use to persuade doctors to favor their products. |