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Preventing diabetes by changing the schools

  1. About: Curriculums, materials and details of  "The HEALTHY Study"

  2. Q&A: How to interpret the research findings

  3. Videos: Raw footage of 8th-grade gym class at Philadelphia's Grover Washington Jr. Middle School . . . vending machines with all snacks 200 calories or less . . . interviews with study chair Gary Foster of Temple University

  4. Previous article: Study finds childhood obesity may be declining


  1. 21st-century CPR


  1. Pennsylvania to stop reimbursing for hospital mistakes


  1. Mysterious series of brain cancers at Rohm & Haas

  1. New study planned on vitamin C as cancer fighter

  1. Guide to Type 2 diabetes meds


  1. Pain medication

  1. ICD Sports Registry

  1. Recalled toys and other products

  1. Carnal Knowledge


  1. Lyme disease


  1. Breaking the surgical ceiling


  1. Stimulating the brain

  1. Accutane


  1. Snapshot on children's well-being


  1. Shana Reif, cystic fibrosis poster child, dies at 32


  1. Breast-feeding in public


  1. FDA recalls products from China


  1. Wrong-site surgery

  1. TB patient (news updates)

  1. Transplant plane crashes

  1. Dan Gottlieb


  1. Heart bypass in N.J.

  1. Dr. Atul Gawande


  1. Sisters in golf carts


  1. Pet food (recall updates)

  1. Gov. Rendell's "Prescription for Pennsylvania"

  2. Soldier suicides

  3. Packs that ache

  4. Flu shots mandated for N.J. preschoolers


  1. "Cancer vaccine" tested in dogs


  1. Toys made in China are recalled


  1. A surgical success for girl with four arms and four legs


  1. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria


  1. "Carnal Knowledge"


  1. White House edits CDC director's testimony on health impacts of global warming


  1. Antibiotic-resistant staph infections

  1. Twin surgeons overseas

  1. Neurofeedback


  1. Mercury and vaccine safety

  1. Obesity epidemic

  2. Got rBST milk? Who knows?

  3. Family history and cancer


  1. Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter


  1. For women with cancer gene . . .


Treatments for childhood anxiety disorders


Cold and cough medicines for kids


How to increase use of stairs


Arrival of the proton-beam machine

Vitamin D deficiency in adults and children


Dazed and confused: Pets with dementia


Payments to doctors by implant-makers

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  • These manufacturers of artificial hips and knees agreed to disclose payments to doctors as part of a settlement with federal prosecutors. The links to these disclosures are updated periodically but can always be accessed through the companies' Web sites.
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Tracking stress - and happiness

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Mercury in dental fillings

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How social networks influence our health

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With new arm, former child soldier goes home

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  • "Ask Dr. H" . . . about VAP test

 


  • Keeping young drivers safe
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Mobile phone distractions on the road

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