Your Health

Doctors Get a Crash Course in Healthful Cooking

April 24, 2008 · Chefs at the Culinary Institute of America have teamed up with Harvard's medical school to show Americans how to make healthful food instead of quickie meals of pizza or taquitos. And they're starting with physicians.Web Extra: Recipes

Health Care

Geneticists Hail Senate Vote on DNA Discrimination

April 25, 2008 · The Senate has passed a bill banning employers and insurers from discrimination based on DNA tests. The bill would bar health insurance companies from using genetic information to set premiums or determine enrollment eligibility.

Health & Science

Lasik Surgery Patients Air Grievances to FDA

April 25, 2008 · The Food and Drug Administration is seeking advice from a panel of outside experts over whether to provide more information to patients about laser eye surgery. They will also hear from Lasik customers who are not satisfied with the results of the surgery.

Children's Health

Report Finds Potential Health Hazard in Plastic

April 16, 2008 · Michael D. Shelby, director of the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, says a report on the safety of Bisphenol A, a chemical used in some plastics, finds it might cause cancer, early puberty and neural and behavioral changes.

Feet Hurt? Stop Wearing Shoes

April 22, 2008 · It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the foot, and humans have been wrecking that perfection with every step since they first donned shoes, New York magazine's Adam Sternbergh says.Web Extra: Open thread

Internet Health Records: Convenience at a Cost?

April 17, 2008 · Web sites that allow you to store information about your medical care provide both you and your doctors quick access to records. But maintaining them can be time-consuming, or worse, can jeopardize your privacy.

Research News

Medical Journals' Ethics on Authors Questioned

April 16, 2008 · Commentator Douglas Kamerow raises ethical questions over medical journals that publish articles by ghost and guest authors, such as: What's the source of the information? Who paid for the research? Who wrote the article? Who benefits from the conclusions?

Health Care

Taiwan Takes Fast Track to Universal Health Care

April 15, 2008 · About 10 years ago, Taiwan created a national health care system from scratch by adopting good ideas from other countries. Patients say they're satisfied and never go into debt for medical care. The government, however, is borrowing to finance the system.

A Pilot's View of the Situation in the Air

April 12, 2008 · Pilot Patrick Smith writes the "Ask the Pilot" column for Salon.com. He tells Andrea Seabrook that the skies are safer than most media reports would have you believe.

A Simple Formula for Whitening Your Teeth

April 10, 2008 · Light-activated bleaching techniques such as BriteSmile and Zoom are marketed as "breakthroughs" in the science of teeth whitening. But are they any more effective than less expensive bleaching gels or over-the-counter white strips? Dentists weigh in.Web Extra: Graphic: Lifecycle of the Tooth

Children's Health

Study Links Lack of Sleep to Weight Gain in Babies

April 8, 2008 · Infants and toddlers who slept less than 12 hours a night were more than twice as likely to be overweight by age 3. That's according to a study in this week's Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Other studies have produced similar findings with school-age children and adolescents.

Health Care

Elizabeth Edwards Renews Health Care Fight

April 8, 2008 · Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, is back on the campaign trail, rallying for changes to the health care system. The issue has special meaning for Edwards as she battles recurrent breast cancer.