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Why we say what we’re trying to hide
Scientists have figured out one surprising reason why we make social gaffes we desperately wish to avoid: The very act of trying to avoid saying or doing something can cause it to happen. Full story
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Dangerous diets in disguise
Calorie-slashing cleanses, detoxes and fasts are mistakenly being touted as healthy, and they may be changing the way we think about diets.
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Newsweek: Alcohol and long days in the sun, plus explosives and barbecues, are a recipe for trouble.
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Advocates are back with real health care stories
Thousands of people are now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health care debate.
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MSG hangs on after decades of demonization
Complaints about headaches and heart palpitations persist. But so does monosodium glutamate.
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Banking ovaries may extend baby-making span
Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors said.
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400,000 cribs recalled after 8-month-old dies
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Simplicity Inc. is recalling about 400,000 cribs that put babies at risk of death by suffocation.
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Cancer diagnosis strengthens family bonds
When Molly Lyons' dad got sick, he taught her some valuable lessons, as well as how to play golf.
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Americans aren’t explicit when defining sex
We talk about sex. A lot. But all too often we don't know exactly what we're talking about. What's considered getting to third base these days anyway?
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Schizophrenia risk tied to gene variants
A handful of typos in a mysterious region of the human genetic code are connected to a slightly higher risk of schizophrenia, new studies show.
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Poll: Americans consider pets family
Susan Jacobs and her companion Kingston both like chicken and collards, chilling on the couch and riding in her convertible with the breeze tussling his curly black hair.
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As 23 states get even fatter, heavy costs loom
Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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Fawcett’s death spotlights a rare cancer
In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.
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Few survive cardiac arrest, even with CPR
The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade.
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New swine flu inefficient in attacking people
With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire.
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