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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters How Loneliness Wears on the Body
New research supports the idea that social isolation is detrimental to physical health—and that companionship may improve it.
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Natykach Nataliia/Shutterstock Medical Technology Makes 'Time of Death' Harder to Pinpoint
Advances in medicine can prolong life, but they can also make it more difficult for doctors to know when a patient has truly died.
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Michaela Rehle/Reuters How Hospitals Are Becoming Safer for Children
Rates of physician-induced infections have plummeted in recent years, new research says. But there is still little incentive to prevent them before they happen.
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woodleywonderworks/flickr How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions
With research findings widely available on websites and Twitter feeds, it's easier than ever to oversimplify the results—and risk bringing half-formed ideas into America's classrooms.
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meddygarnet/flickr Here Come the Condom Police
Monitoring gay bathhouses and mandating condoms for porn actors are quick fixes that won't replace the long, hard work of HIV prevention.
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Double--M/flickr What's This 'Rare and Fatal Brain Disease' in the Northeastern U.S.?
This past week we learned 15 patients in New England were exposed to a untreatable infectious disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob, which is a relative of the human form of mad cow disease. An infectious disease specialist puts that in context.
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The Strange Phenomenon of Pentecostals Who Decline HIV Treatment
Churches are encouraging patients to leave their lives in God’s hands.
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HIV Cures: Where We Are, Realistically
An infectious-diseases specialist breaks down the reported breakthroughs
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How Middle School Failures Lead to Medical School Success
Parents who insulate their children from disappointment may rob them of the chance to develop self-esteem -- and a good bedside manner.
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Your Kid Probably Doesn't Need Antibiotics
How to help everyone prevent the looming "antibiotic apocalypse"
