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1. The post on David Brooks is coming. But for now—due to popular demand—some comments on the Tea Party debate. 2. The problem with the Tea Party members is somewhat […]
A special task force is about to report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about whether America’s 104 nuclear reactors could handle the challenges that led to partial meltdowns at […]
In numerous health surveys around the world many smokers report that graphic images motivate them to quit. Non-smokers say they feel deterred from ever picking up a pack.
Watson will soon be diagnosing medical cases – and not just the everyday cases, either.
In the midst of a battle against cancer, Steve Jobs has resigned as C.E.O. of Apple, the company he saved from bankruptcy to lead the world market in creative computing devices.
Suppose you have a disease…an incurable fatal disease…and a drug has just been approved that can treat that disease. The drug only works in about half the people who […]
The inventor of a new machine that decodes D.N.A. with semiconductors is one of several pursuing the goal of a $1,000 human genome—2013 is the industry’s new target date.
What better topic at a conference full of carnivores than how to deal with people who think you’re completely off base, if not criminally insane?
Are alternative medical treatments like acupuncture and homeopathy scams or do they account for the mind’s influence in overall health in a way that traditional medicine does not?
An international team of surgeons has successfully carried out the world’s first transplant of a synthetic organ. In Sweden, a patient received a new windpipe made from his own stem cells.
Poor regulatory standards make it nearly impossible for consumers to get the truth about the presence of the cancer-causing preservatives nitrate and nitrite in their hot dogs.
You think you own the right to your own genetics, but actually someone else owns 20 percent of your genes. How can that be? Biotech companies are snatching up the patent rights.
We weigh choices about risks against the associated benefits, and the bigger the benefits, the less we worry about the risk.
Exercise is a necessity for cancer patients and survivors, but their condition poses some unique challenges. Personal trainer Josie Gardner recommends four exercises tailored for cancer patients.
There is accumulating evidence that cellphones that operate on GSM networks emit significantly more radiation than do cellphones operating on CDMA networks.
A new documentary film soberly examines the health effects of an animal protein-rich diet and how a largely unhealthy population supports a billion dollar pharmaceutical industry.
Don’t pick on the sprouts, and don’t even pick on Organic. The danger here is the way you and I perceive and respond to risk, a subconscious decision-making process that often works well, but which sometimes can create risks all by itself.
Right now, we are in an unprecedented situation where three of our nuclear sites are simultaneously in danger of floods and fire. So far, there is no immediate concern for […]
Jean Jacques Rousseau called cities “…the abyss of the species“. Well, they may not be that bad, but with their crowding and competition and noisy get-ahead in-your-face rat race environments, […]
–Guest post by Patrick Riley, AoE Culture Correspondent If you believe your emotions can affect your health, nutritionist-author Nora Gedgaudas would say that’s only part of the story – because your emotions […]
Chronic disease plagues personal lives and public policy. Sheer numbers only begin to give a glimpse of the associated suffering, cost and scope of the problem. In the United States […]
Medical science has developed a greater awareness of the link between hormonal changes and cancer. Could this information explain not just why we get the disease, but when?
Four different types of radiation tend to accompany a nuclear accident like the Fukushima meltdown. Here, Dr. Kaku discusses the effects of each on the human body.
While only a subset of patients responds to targeted cancer drugs, scientists are starting to figure out how to make those drugs work more effectively in a larger number of patients.
New independent studies confirm earlier findings that cell phones can disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count.
Hopefully on this somber anniversary we can turn hindsight into wisdom, and realize that we have paid a terribly high price for the way fear has shaped the new normal since that terrible day.
Are medicines developed from genetic research just hype? The promises of genomic treatment have been overblown, says James Evans, a geneticist at the University of North Carolina.
To be fair, Dan Savage wasn’t talking to me. I was just listening in on this fight he’s having with some people he calls the “monogamusts.” I think a monogamust […]
Scientists may have found a molecular bounty hunter—a tiny snippet of R.N.A. called microRNA 31—that can kill wayward cancer cells hiding in parts of the body far from the initial tumor.