What if someone told you turkey doesn't make you tired or that your nails really don't keep growing after you die? ...more

March 14, 2009

European study finds hormone therapy with radiation is effective against prostate cancer. ...more

December 15, 2008

A paper being published Friday in a British medical journal concludes that happiness is contagious - and that people pass on their good cheer even to total strangers. ...more

December 5, 2008

About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments - usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found. ...more

October 26, 2008

Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. ...more

August 22, 2008

Joseph H. Brown's at it again. Nearly six years after an overwhelming majority of Floridians voted for Florida's workplace smoking amendment, he's still railing against it, as he did on May 18 in these very pages. He's still cherry-picking evidence to say we're all a bunch of idiots for voting for the amendment while ignoring thousands of reputable studies, easily available to anyone with access to Google, that say we're right. ...more

May 29, 2008

It sounds far-fetched - sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant - but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb. ...more

February 8, 2008

Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of children, a study released this week found. ...more

September 8, 2007