You are not alone
Your relationships, your health
Your relationships, your health
A researcher changes course to help his son
Sometimes you find beauty where you least expect it
A doctor and his Chihuahua make explaining narcolepsy look elementary
A conversation with Jessie and Glenn Close
How urinary incontinence changes us
Pediatricians find opportunity in caring for at-risk teens
Scientists develop a more precise way to measure cell stiffness. The highly sensitive probe could have practical applications in immunology and oncology.
A medication that makes the body more sensitive to insulin also appears to relieve symptoms of chronic depression.
Those who slumber better, donate better.
A quick, new technique detects even rare mutations of cystic fibrosis, using the dried blood spots collected routinely from newborns.
Immune cells parked in arterial plaque and feasting on glucose appear to be major drivers of coronary artery disease.
Who gets operations, and who doesn’t, around the globe.
A simple blood test can distinguish patients with active tuberculosis from those who have recovered, have latent TB or have been vaccinated.
Mice develop breast cancer sooner and have larger tumors when they don’t get enough vitamin D.
The recipe for success includes independence, a gentle shove and a good stiff drink.
The importance of the human connection in medicine.
The world’s remaining hunter-gatherers differ from those of us who inhabit industrialized civilizations in many ways. Here’s one of them: the diversity of our intestinal microbial ecosystems. Guess whose is in better shape?
West Virginia is plagued by addiction. A native son — professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Keith Humphreys, PhD — returns to help.
Parents struggling to cope with their children’s devastating diagnoses get support from those who have been there.
A startling variety of previously unknown bacteria dwells inside the marine mammals. The findings could help scientists monitor the dolphins’ health during a time of changing ocean conditions.