
France Eyes Legalizing Assisted Reproduction for Gay Women in 2018
French law currently restricts techniques like artificial insemination to heterosexual couples

France Eyes Legalizing Assisted Reproduction for Gay Women in 2018
French law currently restricts techniques like artificial insemination to heterosexual couples

Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis
Are probiotics for MS next?


Symptoms of Brain Cancer: What Is Glioblastoma Multiforme?
Senator McCain's recent brain cancer diagnosis has truly been a shocker. What is Glioblastoma Multiforme? And what are the symptoms of brain cancer so that you are best prepared to take care of you and your loved ones?

Does Losing Weight Release Toxins?
It is true that certain types of potentially harmful chemicals end up stored in our fat cells. What we don’t know for sure is what effects these compounds might have on our health.

Dissolve the Dead? Controversy Swirls around Liquid Cremation
California state bill seeks to legalize liquefaction of corpses

Beware of Social Media Celebrity Doctors
Too many of them offer advice outside their specialties, choose brand-boosting over integrity and tout dubious treatments

Do Prostate Cancer Screenings Significantly Reduce Deaths?
New findings reignite controversy about current recommendations

Lessons from before Abortion Was Legal
Before 1973, abortion in the U.S. was severely restricted. More than 40 years later Roe v. Wade is under attack, and access increasingly depends on a woman's income or zip code

Women and Men Die of Different Causes in Middle Age
What do most women and men die of?

It’s Time to End the War on Women’s Health
Republican efforts to dismantle U.S. health care unfairly target one gender

New Wireless Pacemaker Could Prevent Common Complications
Powered by microwaves, the device avoids some of the risks traditional systems pose

Dermatologists Find That Memorable Movie Villains Are Distinguished by Facial Skin Conditions
Not every movie villain has terrible skin, but it helps