Shortages of flu vaccine are nothing new in America， but this year’s is a whopper. Until last week， it appeared that 100 million Americans would have access to flu shots this fall. Then British author
It was a big week for Alzheimer’s disease， and not just because PBS aired The Forgetting， a first-rate documentary about Alzheimer’s worth catching in reruns if you missed it the first time. There was
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