Stories by Coco Ballantyne

Urine test predicts smokers' lung cancer risk

New technique reveals far more silent heart attacks

Using GPS to track down asthma triggers

Heroin Addiction Drug May Relieve Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

The JAMA saga continues

Slide Show: 7 Myths about Pregnancy

Statins do not protect against dementia

A new type of painkiller

Battling bioterror--A new test for ricin

New chemicals for ecofriendly paints and lubricants

Slide Show: Rabbits at Risk

New "spray" treatment (no pun intended) helps men last longer between the sheets

Adults store calorie-burning brown fat

U.S. global AIDS program slashes deaths but doesn't reduce HIV infections

HIV drugs turned street drugs in South Africa

Olestra makes a comeback--This time in paints and lubricants, not potato chips

Frightening brush with Ebola--A scientist pricks her finger with a contaminated needle

JAMA editors embroiled in brouhaha over treatment of critic

What is norovirus? How contagious is it? Can it be fatal?

Slide Show: Gorilla Gets a Brain Scan

It's a bird, it's a plane--It's a quail doped with omega-3 fatty acids!

Can water fountains fight fat?

Federal raid on California marijuana dispensary has cannabis advocates clamoring for answers

Psychotherapists trying to "treat" patients for homosexuality