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HEALTH
Agonizing Dilemma
What to do with stored embryos?
What to do with stored...
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December 4, 2008
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NUTRITION
A New Diet Villain
Is the 'gluten-free' food craze more hype than health?
Is the 'gluten-free' food craze more...
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December 3, 2008
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HEALTH CARE
The Other Credit Crunch
Hospitals and patients struggle with unpaid medical bills
Hospitals and patients struggle with unpaid...
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November 24, 2008
HEALTH
Signs of mental illness often occur during a time of typical teen turmoil
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
A psychologist on the complicated reasons couples are reluctant to donate or destroy stored embryos after their fertility treatments end.
SOCIETY
After a shocking online suicide, an expert says that fear of being stigmatized keeps young black men from getting the mental health help they need.
HEALTH CARE
Recent surveys show that more than two in five Americans had trouble paying their medical bills last year. As we head into a new year and an uncertain economic outlook, here are seven ways you can avoid being trapped by unmanageable medical debt.
HEALTH
Hospitals and patients alike are struggling with unpaid medical bills. A look at the drastic new measures both sides are taking to survive.
HEALTH
After meeting for years on anonymous and secret Web sites, pro-anorexia groups are now moving to more public forums like Facebook.
HEALTH CARE
Why Texans are heading to Mexico for medical care
HEALTH
A dessert expert's tips on making holiday treats more healthful.
HEALTH
When you work in a vaccine factory, getting dressed is half the job. Inside one of the two American labs that produce millions of flu shots every year.
CULTURE
Could euphoric Obama fans be sparking a baby boom?
HEALTH
Would a national law requiring calorie counts on chain restaurant menus help curb the obesity epidemic, or would we stay in 'Dining Denial'?
HEALTH
Scientists have found accelerated evidence of heart disease among obese children and teens.
ABORTION
Why are pro-lifers spurning a young true believer?
WHY IT MATTERS
MIND MATTERS
How the mind processes exhilarating events like the 2008 election—and why our hopes often have so little basis in reality.
HEALTH
How mistakes in the treatment of TB resulted in a virulent and fatal new form of the disease.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Is the mother's-health exception to bans on late-term abortion being abused as John McCain suggested? We take a look at the laws.
POLITICS
If you look at tracking polls before your first cup of coffee, you're not alone. How political-news junkies are preparing for campaign withdrawal.
HEALTH
The author of a new book about autism says exactly what he thinks about vaccines and other hot topics.
OBESITY
Using milkshakes and brain scans, researchers find that some women are genetically predisposed to get less enjoyment from eating and may overeat to compensate.
ENVIRONMENT
An environmental expert talks about the challenges of helping disadvantaged communities deal with pollution and climate change at a local level.
HEALTH
A new study raises questions about the risks to young children.
HEALTH CARE
A new study looks at overcrowding in America's emergency rooms and finds some surprising reasons for those long waits.
AUTISM
The mother of an autistic son reacts to John McCain's recent pledge to help families like hers. Was it just rhetoric?
BY THE NUMBERS
From computer games to iPhones, there are cool new tech applications you can use to get in shape.
ABORTION
Is the mother's health exception to bans on late-term abortion being abused as John McCain suggested? We take a look at the laws.
TECHNOLOGY
The open-source movement worked wonders for software. Can it do the same for diabetes and other illnesses?
HEALTH CARE
What the massive turnout for a free medical and dental clinic in southwest Virginia reveals about the widening gap between health-care haves and have-nots in the United States.
BY THE NUMBERS
Hot apple cider and spiked hot chocolate might hit the spot this time of year, but watch out for skyrocketing calorie counts.
When my son came down with a mysterious illness, no doctor seemed to care. Finally, a team approach and positive thinking gave us hope.
CELEBRITY HEALTH WATCH
A representative claims the sores on the troubled singer's face are the result of a surprisingly common skin infection.
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze faces a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer.
As the leading GOP presidential candidate, McCain has put the potentially deadly disease in the spotlight.
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