Survival Lessons From a Sinking Plane
January 16, 2009
A quick and inexpensive safety checklist reduced surgical complications and deaths.
Use of sleep medications among adults ages 18 to 24 increased dramatically over an eight-year period, according to a new analysis.
A device intended to prevent strokes provides a case study of how the actions of many can combine to undercut the gathering of reliable medical evidence.
The company behind Botox plans to introduce the first F.D.A.-approved drug for growing longer eyelashes.
The drug company plans to reduce its global research staff by 5 percent to 8 percent in an effort to refocus disappointing research efforts and cut its overhead.
Measles remains a public health problem in Europe, and there are “serious doubts” that it can be eliminated by 2010 as health officials had hoped, according to a new report in The Lancet.
A device designed to prevent cellphone use while driving may lower the rate of traffic accidents, but will it be popular among teens?
Recent research has helped clarify not just who is prone to self-handicapping but also its consequences -- and its possible benefits.
Jane Gross blogs about aging parents and the adult children struggling to care for them.
Some newer suggestions for how to protect your heart may surprise you.
Is chocolate’s caffeine content enough to keep you up?
The National Safety Council is calling for a ban on car phones, even hands-free ones.
Scaly, itchy skin, painful joints and challenging treatment regimens -- seven men, women and children speak about living with psoriasis.
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