Second Adolescence?

Pill Helps Elderly Bulk Up [O]lder folks taking an experimental once-a-day pill have roughly the same hormone levels as teenagers.…The drug increases human growth hormone levels, which makes...

Welded Not Sutured

This is just plain cool, welding skin shut instead of using sutures, staples or glue. And it was developed in Israel. Naturally. As was my Copaxone. But Katzir and his team use another technique...

Microsoft researching cyberchondria

One of the great advantages of the Internet is having access to so much information so easily, but as we know, it can also be a distinct disadvantage for the same reason. In the context of...

Saying ‘yes’ to drugs

Very troubled children are being given very powerful antipsychotic rugs, often prescribed “off label,” with no evidence of effectiveness, writes Judith Warner in her New York Times...

Soda ban has no effect

Banning sugar-sweetened drinks at Maine high schools didn’t affect students’ consumption, a study found. The study compared four high schools that eliminated soda and other...