
A Plan to Prevent Gun Suicides
Firearm sellers have become unlikely allies of public health authorities in the effort to block people from killing themselves
Nancy Shute is a science journalist at NPR.

A Plan to Prevent Gun Suicides
Firearm sellers have become unlikely allies of public health authorities in the effort to block people from killing themselves

Tomorrow's Medicine
A look at some of the most promising medical devices now in development

Beyond Mammograms: Research Aims to Improve Breast Cancer Screening
Conventional breast cancer screening tests are far from perfect. The next scans could focus on sound, light, breath and elasticity

Alternative Biomedical Treatments for Autism: How Good Is the Evidence?
Research on only one treatment is rigorous enough to earn an A grade

Desperation Drives Parents to Dubious Autism Treatments
Diagnoses have soared, but valid treatments are few. Parents have turned instead to dubious, and often risky, alternative therapies

Beyond Birth: A Child's Cells May Help or Harm the Mother Long after Delivery
In addition to all of the nutrients flowing from mother to fetus, some of the developing child's cells pass back into the mother's body. New research shows how this fetal microchimerism may affect long-term health