The countdown goes something like this： 3） IRS auditor， 2） ex-husband’s new 20-year-old girlfriend， 1） dentist. The top three people we most hate to see. “Let’s face it，” says Dr. Lorin Berland， a den
WHAT do you do when everyone hates you？ That is the problem faced by America’s pharmaceutical industry. Despite its successes in treating disease and extending longevity， soaring health-care costs and
Sleep is a funny thing. We’re taught that we should get seven or eight hours a night， but a lot of us get by just fine on less， and some of us actually sleep too much. A study out of the University of
Watching a child struggle to breathe during an asthma attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything——including spending a lot of mone
A widely heralded but still experimental cancer-fighting compound may be used someday to prevent two other major killers of Americans： heart disease and stroke. That was the implication of a remarkabl
IF YOU’RE CONFUSED BY ALL the news about the health effects of eating fish， you’re not alone. On one hand， the omega-3 fatty acids in fish are known to reduce the risk of heart disease， as the America
Depending on whom you ask， the experiment announced at a Texas medical conference last week was a potential breakthrough for infertile women， a tragic failure or a dangerous step closer to the nightma
I had two routine checkups last week， and both the eye doctor and the dentist asked me to update my health history for their records. Their requests made sense. Health-care providers should know what
William Shakespeare described old age as “second childishness”—— sans teeth， sans eyes， sans taste. In the case of taste he may， musically speaking， have been even more perceptive than he realized. A
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