Aude Van Ryn
PERSONAL HEALTH
By JANE E. BRODY
Some newer suggestions for how to protect your heart may surprise you.
By KENNETH CHANG
A team of researchers reports that the bursts of methane detected on Mars originated from three specific regions in the planet's northern hemisphere; one possible explanation is bacteria living beneath the surface.
By BENEDICT CAREY AND RONI CARYN RABIN
Popular drugs known as atypical antipsychotics, prescribed for conditions including schizophrenia, autism and dementia, double patients' risk of dying from sudden heart failure, a study found.
By JUDY DEMPSEY
Rapid and widespread privatization in several former Soviet states and post-communist East European countries in the early 1990s contributed to rising mortality rates.
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
A quick and inexpensive safety checklist reduced surgical complications and deaths.
By GINA KOLATA
Doctors are experimenting with radical solutions to ward off the effects of prolonged stays in intensive care units.
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
A parent's job is to start with a being who has no thought for the feelings of others, no code of behavior beyond its own needs and comforts - and, to do your best to transform that being into what your grandmother (or Socrates) might call a mensch
By JOHN TIERNEY
After analyzing the brain chemistry of mammalian pair bonding, the neuroscientist Larry Young predicts that it won't be long before an unscrupulous suitor could sneak a pharmaceutical love potion into your drink.
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Researchers have shown that getting less sleep can substantially increase the risk of catching the common cold.
By CORNELIA DEAN
Earl Blumenauer, the founder and proprietor of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus, advocates cycling as a remedy for everything from climate change to obesity.
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
'Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas,' details how surprising discoveries are illuminating the sea, its immense impact on the planet and its habitability.
By NATASHA SINGER
The company behind Botox plans to introduce the first U.S. government-approved drug for growing longer eyelashes.
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By BARRY MEIER
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.
By SARA RIMER
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has replaced a large physics course with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive learning. Attendance is up, and the failure rate has dropped.
GLOBAL UPDATE
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
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.
By GINA KOLATA
Some intensive care units in the United Sates are trying what seems like a radical solution: reducing sedation levels and getting patients up and walking, even though they are gravely ill.
By CORNELIA DEAN
A new analysis suggests that hunting, fishing and even conservation efforts may have ill effects on some species.
By STEVEN PINKER
In the coming era of consumer genetics, your DNA will have much to tell you about the biological bases of your health, your physique and even your personality.
OBSERVATORY
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Day-Glo talcum powder helped scientists study how deer mice spread a virus that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
DIGITAL DOMAIN
By RANDALL STROSS
An article in the journal Sleep Medicine shows that we can send e-mail even when we seem to be sound asleep.
THE LOSS RESPONSE
By BENEDICT CAREY
Despite some suicides linked to the economic crisis, the vast majority of people can weather stinging loss without suffering any psychological wounds. Some even find a hidden opportunity.
By GARDINER HARRIS
The Food and Drug Administration does almost nothing to police the financial conflicts of doctors who conduct clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in human subjects, government investigators said.
CASES WITHOUT BORDERS
By JAMES S. GORDON, M.D
Gaza has never been easy and two weeks after the bombings started it is hard to find hope. Yet in the midst of despair, psychologists do find some.
By GINA KOLATA
Doctors are experimenting with radical solutions to ward off the effects of prolonged stays in intensive care units.
By GARDINER HARRIS
Documents in an internal investigation show that agency scientists call managers too lenient with device makers.
FITNESS
By BETHANY LYTTLE
FINDING FITNESS Many who are faced with a chronic condition or a terminal diagnosis find a new purpose in exercise, developing regimens that leave them in the best shape of their lives.
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Babies born by C-section after 39 weeks had fewer complications than those delivered earlier.
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Health officials are trying to figure out why virtually all the flu in the United States this season is resistant to the leading antiviral drug.
OBSERVATORY
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
The pink iguana of the Galápagos was seen for the first time in 1986. Now researchers have shown that it is a distinct species.
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