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When it’s most successful, in vitro fertilization, or IVF, yields far more embryos than a couple could ever use (unless that couple is the offspring-obsessed Duggar family). There are frequently frozen embryos left over, and the options for what to do with them are limited: destroy them, donate them to research — or, rarely, to [...]
Ever since she began the long and often painful process of recovering from a gunshot to the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been focused on one thing — getting well enough to watch her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly, launch into space on Friday.
It’s long been known that spicy red peppers can help suppress appetite and burn calories. But most scientific studies of red peppers’ properties used quantities of the stuff that were too large to be applicable to Americans. Now, researchers report that even a reasonable amount of red pepper consumption may do the trick.
“My least favorite feeling in the world is feeling too fat to be seen. I want to lock myself up until I’m thin again.” That’s a typical comment on the website Body Confessions, recently launched by novelist Diana Spechler.
—DR. MARK D. SCHWARTZ and co-authors of a new study that compared medical students' attitudes about internal medicine careers in 1990 and 2007. The proportion of students planning to practice internal medicine was similar in 1990 (24%) and 2007 (23%), but the percentage planning primary-care careers fell from 9% to 2%. Relatively lower pay and [...]
How do you define recovery from anorexia? Tuesday’s New York Times explores this question — and highlights striking similarities to the debate over defining recovery from alcoholism and other drug addictions.
Number of annual deaths caused by malaria, primarily in babies and toddlers in sub-Saharan Africa, down from 1 million in 2008. The U.N.'s $5 billion eradication effort has reduced fatalities from the disease, and is keeping on track to rid the world of malaria by 2015, according to philanthropist Ray Chambers, the founder of Malaria [...]
Two recent studies find that being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood may predict a child’s likelihood of later dependence on nicotine, alcohol or other drugs.
Jenny McCarthy is a former Playboy bunny, not an academic expert, a doctor or a vaccine researcher. Yet 24% of parents surveyed recently by the University of Michigan say they place “some trust” in information provided by celebrities such as McCarthy about the safety of vaccines.
Number of chemicals used by U.S. businesses — the vast majority of which are not regulated by the government. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics joined a growing list of medical associations in calling for an update to the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 and stronger protections for vulnerable children and pregnant women. [...]
