Can a pill a day help prevent infection from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? ...more

August 4, 2008

The state is trying to handle a growing number of calls to an abuse hot line with fewer people, potentially leaving some of the most vulnerable children in Florida at risk. ...more

July 14, 2008

The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once favored by such U.S. enemies as North Korea and Vietnam, despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the methods were cruel and even illegal, according to a Senate investigation. ...more

June 18, 2008

A caffeine regimen — the human equivalent of five cups of coffee daily — protected Alzheimer's mice from the memory impairment that they otherwise would have developed. And when caffeine was given to Alzheimer's mice that were already memory-impaired, their memory was restored to the level of normal mice. ...more

December 28, 2007