illness

Is radiation dangerous?

A smarter, more precise way to think about public health

Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer

What is depression?

Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds

What really happens when you mix medications?

Why your doctor should care about social justice

A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home

The problem with race-based medicine

How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them

This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors

El significado auténtico de vivir la vida plenamente

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine

We need to turn our response to crisis inside out

How we'll fight the next deadly virus

Could your brain repair itself?

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Why it's so hard to cure HIV/AIDS

The power of herd immunity

Body parts on a chip

Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper

How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones?

Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

Pool medical patents, save lives

Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer

The game that can give you 10 extra years of life

The promise of research with stem cells

Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?

A test for Parkinson's with a phone call

How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe

Meet your microbes

We need better drugs -- now

Could the sun be good for your heart?

The single biggest health threat women face

Battling bad science