H1N1 vaccine to be earlier, more effective than predicted
Good news as flu season looms near.
Pfizer to pay largest civial and criminal setlement ever
A stern warning for running afoul of drug laws.
Cyber Clean is a high-tech germ-killing gel
Your keyboard is trying to kill you. Here's how fight back.
Gen-Y’ers with heart defects aren’t checking in with their docs
More than 20 percent don't get treatment for congenital defects.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation speaks about Michael Jackson
It's the nation's leading cause of death.
Headaches: Like mother, like daughter
Young girls have more in common with their mothers than they think
Globe: 4 Northeastern students may have mumps
The Boston Globe has reported that four Northeastern University students may have the mumps, a once common childhood disease now thought to be virtually irrelevant because of the commonality of childhood vaccin...
Report: Sugary drinks bad for women’s hearts
And you thought they would just spoil your appetite.
A Simmons College study reveals that sugar-sweetened beverages increase a woman's risk of heart disease. Regular consumption of beverages like soda and e...
Polyvinyl Chloride and you
There is a social black cloud surrounding the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a type of plastic used to make everyday products. When produced or burned, PVC releases several toxins into the air, which can pote...
Gyrotonic: A brand new New Year’s resolution
BROOKLINE, Mass. -- On a snowy December afternoon, I found myself lying on my back, my legs suspended in midair by stirrups and pulleys on a contraption that looked at first glance like a medieval torture instr...
