If DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince taught us anything (that might apply to people complicit in the deaths of their children from cervical cancer), it's that sometimes "parents just don't understand." More »
Liver, liver on the wall ... More »
The archaic medical practice of recognizing mental illness and "idiocy" based on appearance More »
Emergency resuscitation is often grisly. But people who watched it done to their family members reported less anxiety and depression after the event -- regardless of whether the person lived or died. More »
A notion that physical preferences can be a manifestation of sexism More »
The average person is drinking 38% more water than 15 years ago. We're soda-banning ourselves. More »
Plastic shells keep our heads from coming open, but they also deter us from riding bicycles. And riding bicycles is good for people and Earth. More »
90% of Americans have never emailed or texted with their doctor. Shouldn't they? More »
Pivotal research in the New England Journal of Medicine today confirmed well-worn notions that the Mediterranean diet significantly reduced rates of heart attacks and strokes. More »
The first steam engine railway travel took place 209 years ago today. Here, the story of how the Civil War impeded, and then accelerated, the progress of America's trains. More »
Robot-assisted hysterectomy became 20 times more common between 2007 and 2010. More »
This Q&A from 1949 -- "How Attractive Are You to Men?" -- raises so many more questions than it answers. More »
