NUTRITION
New York City officials begin enforcing a new rule requiring restaurants to post calorie counts, and some New Yorkers find the news hard to digest.
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Researchers can now predict the age of menopause more accurately. How this could help women and why some might not want to know.
SOCIETY
Two young journalists strike blog gold with a site that collects unintentionally hilarious (and often touching) e-mails from mothers to their children.
HEALTH
Does it cure bad breath? What you should know.
PARENTING
A New York columnist lets her grade-schooler ride the subway alone, provoking a wave of criticism. But do kids really need more supervision than in generations past?
AFRICA
Developing countries are making progress in getting vaccines to—and for—their people, says African activist Graca Machel.
HEALTH CARE
Doctors say insurance company rankings of doctors are based on cost, not quality. Will a new patient charter resolve the debate?
COSMETIC SURGERY
A new picture book about plastic surgery aims to explain why mom is getting a flatter tummy and a 'prettier' nose.
PSYCHOLOGY
A new study links high testosterone levels in male financial traders to profits, but too much of the hormone can have the opposite effect.
MEDICINE
Does Botox get into the brain? Troubling research contradicts earlier findings about the treatment.
MEDICINE
As personal genetic testing takes off, some worry that marketing is getting ahead of science.
BOOKS
Best-selling writer Mary Roach on her hilarious new book about the history of sex research and the quirky scientists who study the hows and whys of the bedroom.
The author of a new memoir talks about her decision to have her breasts removed to lower her cancer risk, and her desire to be a mother.
FILM
A new PBS documentary series explores the complicated and controversial connection between social inequality and health.
HEALTH
Are we ready for an era of 'natural-orifice surgery'?
HEALTH
Therapists rate how long satisfying sex lasts and find that the difference between 'adequate' sex and 'desirable' sex is a matter of minutes.
PSYCHOLOGY
A new study finds that you can tell by looking at someone's face whether they're interested in casual sex or long-term commitment.
HEALTH CARE
Can employers put you on a diet? No, but they can make it more expensive to be fat. New ways companies are monitoring employee health habits and rewarding those who shape up.
BY THE NUMBERS
MY TURN HEALTH TRIUMPH
A stroke left me unable to communicate and my doctors thought I wouldn't speak again. But with the help of therapists and a loving family, I proved them wrong.
CELEBRITY HEALTH WATCH
A representative claims the sores on the troubled singer's face are the result of a surprisingly common skin infection.
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze faces a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer.
As the leading GOP presidential candidate, McCain has put the potentially deadly disease in the spotlight.
HEALTH
Snoring isn't just annoying, it's linked to serious health problems. A look at the risks—and the remedies.
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