



Curing halitosis requires the right balance of oral microbes
By Deborah Franklin | May 5, 2013 | 13
During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back
By Maryn McKenna | Mar 27, 2013 | 11
Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends
By Maryn McKenna | Feb 21, 2013 | 6
Some professional athletes' enthusiasm for certain stem cell treatments outpaces the evidence
By Deborah Franklin | Jan 16, 2013 | 5
Intermittent fasting might improve health, but clinical data are thin
By David Stipp | Jan 11, 2013 | 7
Why steaks could be in, but hot dogs are still out
By Ferris Jabr | Nov 27, 2012 | 24
Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased
By Maryn McKenna | Oct 22, 2012
Physicians struggle to curb the growing number of lethal overdoses
By Deborah Franklin | Oct 9, 2012 | 4
Hospitals bring janitors to the front lines of infection control
By Maryn McKenna | Sep 11, 2012 | 7
Current screens for osteoporosis are flawed, but doctors are repairing their methods
By Deborah Franklin | Aug 6, 2012 | 4
Doctors may be testing infants for too many diseases
By Ariel Bleicher | Jul 2, 2012 | 3
New findings suggest that ingesting soil is adaptive, not necessarily pathological
By Philip T. B. Starks and Brittany L. Slabach | May 25, 2012 | 15
Gonorrhea, once a minor illness, is developing resistance to the last category of drugs that still works against it and could become untreatable
By Maryn McKenna | May 4, 2012 | 5
Most people think of foodborne illness as an unpleasant few days of fever and diarrhea, but for some there may be lifelong consequences
By Maryn McKenna | Mar 29, 2012 | 19
Hospital gardens turn out to have medical benefits
By Deborah Franklin | Mar 19, 2012 | 4
Researchers are baffled by the worldwide increase in type 1 diabetes, the less common form of the disease
By Maryn McKenna | Jan 24, 2012 | 72
Better health requires improved education, more access to nutritious food and greater economic opportunities, new county rankings show
By Deborah Franklin | Dec 15, 2011 | 5
A potentially beneficial but unusual treatment for serious intestinal ailments may fall victim to regulatory difficulties
By Maryn McKenna | Dec 6, 2011 | 39
Changing HDL and LDL levels does not always alter heart disease or stroke risk
By Francie Diep | Oct 25, 2011 | 36
Two populations in the U.S. tend to outlive their often richer neighbors. Why?
By Laura Blue | Oct 6, 2011 | 22
Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born
By Matthew F. Daley and Jason M. Glanz | Aug 24, 2011 | 125
An alternative explanation for cancer's origins could lead to better therapies
By Cassandra Willyard | Aug 4, 2011 | 14
By Jessica Wapner | Jun 30, 2011 | 5
The new edition of a psychiatric manual called DSM-5 tackles what to do when mourning becomes complicated or leads to depression
By Virginia Hughes | Jun 7, 2011 | 4
Conventional breast cancer screening tests are far from perfect. The next scans could focus on sound, light, breath and elasticity
By Nancy Shute | May 10, 2011 | 5
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