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Most E-mailed news on 19 August 2009 |
Basics: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back.
Op-Ed Columnist: This Is Reform?
Giving consumers the choice of an efficient, government-run insurance plan would have moved us toward real cost control, but that option seems gone. The public deserves better.
Mental Stress Training Is Planned for U.S. Soldiers
A new Army program is intended to prevent problems like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
Op-Ed Contributor: Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
Babies and young children are designed to explore, and they should be encouraged to do so. Children learn more through natural interaction with a parent and play than with any toy.
Tests Begin on Drugs That May Slow Aging
Excitement among some researchers has picked up with the apparent convergence of lines of inquiry involving genes and restricted diets.
Well: Weight Lifting May Help to Avert Lymph Problem
Restricting activity may not be the best strategy against lymphedema.
Diabetes Case Shows Pitfalls of Treatment Rules
A guideline calling for aggressive control of blood sugar was withdrawn after a study suggested that such action could harm or even kill some patients.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Swiss Menace
The Democratic health care reform plan most resembles the system in Switzerland, despite comparisons to the approaches taken in Britain and Canada.
Colleges Seek to Remake the Campus Tour
Tour guides are being told to favor anecdotes over statistics, and to stop walking backward.
Patient Money: The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease
An intolerance to gluten requires a special wheat-free diet that can be costly. But some patients are finding less expensive ways to stay healthy.
Big City: Connecting Anxious Parents and Educators, at $450 an Hour
Suzanne Rheault started her own company, Aristotle Circle, to make private school admissions and testing experts available to other parents.
New Delhi Journal: Matchmaking in India: Canine Division
The mostly-male designer dogs owned by the surging middle class are having a hard time finding mates.
Healthy One Day, Dying the Next: A Medical Race
Jessa Perrin, 16, at an exam last week just weeks after undergoing a liver transplant at New York-Presbyterian. With her, from left, Dr. Nadia Ovchinsky, Kara Ventura, Dr. Steven J. Lobritto and Dr. Tomoaki Kato.Stretching the limits of medicine and America?s transplant system to save the life of a Cincinnati teenager in Israel with a deadly form of a rare disease.
Tax Bills Put Pressure on Struggling Homeowners
Investors buy tax liens from local governments and charge high interest rates and thousands of dollars in fees.
DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show
With fabricated blood or saliva, ?you can just engineer a crime scene,? said the lead author of a new study.
New Doubts Raised Over Famous War Photo
A new book by a Spanish researcher asserts that Robert Capa?s ?Falling Soldier? could not have been made where, when or how Capa?s admirers and heirs have claimed.
For Older Athletes, Drug Question Emerges
Elderly athletes are setting records. Most are also taking several medications for their health, and that raises the question of what now constitutes a natural body.
Brazil Seeks More Control of Oil Beneath Its Seas
Brazil is seeking to reduce its cooperation with foreign oil companies to more directly control extraction.
Editorial Notebook: The Big Five-O
Hawaii has given a lot to the Union, but because of the economy, an ailing tourism industry and other factors, the celebration of the 50th birthday of the 50th state will be low-key.
A Book Doctors Can?t Close
Thirty years after its initial publication, ?The House of God,? a raunchy, troubling and hilarious novel that turned into a cult phenomenon, is still part of the medical conversation.
Sidebar: Supreme Court to Hear Case on Executive Pay
Jones v. Harris Associates may to be the court?s first big statement on a culture that contributed to the recession.
3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers
In the largest identity theft case ever, stolen data was sold and used to make fraudulent purchases.
Noticed: It?s Hip to Be Round
There's a new element to the coolster summer uniform: a burgeoning potbelly.
In Another U-Turn, Favre Un-Retires
Brett Favre unretired for the second time in less than two years, joining Minnesota for a contract that ESPN reported was worth $12 million this season and $13 million in 2010.
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