How your body beats the heat
(Bonnie Berkowitz and Alberto Cuadra / The Washington Post)
GRAPHIC | Those first hot days of the year test our bodies’ coping methods that have been on a three-season break. But changes can happen in as little as two weeks, says a bioenergetics expert who has studied heat’s effect on the body since 1982.
Government study sounds warning on hormone replacement therapy
Task force finds no evidence that hormones reduce the most probable threat — heart disease.
Coffee’s delicious little secrets
Making good coffee requires finding a careful balance of bitterness, acidity and body.
Prostate cancer test is still popular
Experts say a test for prostate cancer does more harm than good, but a lot of men aren’t buying it.
Experts debate labels for addiction and other substance-use problems
Alcohol and drug problems would be categorized differently in revised manual of mental disorders.
Exercise can ease chronic conditions
Consumer Reports | Many with cancer, diabetes and heart disease think exercise is unsafe.
Diet program uses language of combat
“Warrior Cardio” diet and exercise program uses the language of combat to show how to get fit.
Va. doctor just wants to have fun
Dr. Emory Lewis still makes house calls and doesn’t have any interest in assembly-line medicine.
Virtual colonoscopy after virtual cleansing shows good results
Image-cleansing method was nearly as good as the traditional in detecting larger polyps.
Minister reflects on aging and dying
The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, 80, former head of top religious groups, still preaches and teaches.
Month spent in a nursing home gives young woman inspiration
She entered a nursing home at 34 but emerged with a new appreciation of the beauty of everyday life.
Supercomputer should improve climate and weather forecasts
A supercomputer called Yellowstone will help researchers map climate change down to the local level.
Book describes building of android
Book tells of roboticist who made an android replica of sci-fi author; article describes “designer flu.”
Medical, nursing students honor those who donated their bodies for study
Anatomical donor Mass helps students say thank you to families who donated loved ones’ bodies.
Astronauts enter the Dragon
SpaceX capsule brings supplies, hope for more commercial ventures for the international space station.
The Checkup
Bath salts 101
They aren’t actually bath salts but a dangerous concoction of chemicals that are in many areas easily accessible at convenience stores, smoke shops, head shops and over the Internet.
The Checkup
NYC's big-soda ban: What do you think?
Does the city government have any business telling people how big their Coke bottles can be?
The Checkup
Study: Old people smell different, but not bad
A study published Wednesday suggests that the body odor of old people is neither particularly strong nor particularly unpleasant.
Health, Science & Environment Videos
Researchers Get Spine-injured Rats to Walk
Health news from the wires
A serious malady required only a simple fix
MEDICAL MYSTERY | Because of his rare ailment, Peter Dawson travels with boxes of white powder and a gram scale. Airline security officials have noticed.
What’s the better bulb: CFL or LED?
The incandescent light bulb is being replaced by CFLs and LEDs. Which is better for the environment?
Special Reports
Obesity in America 2010
One-third of U.S. children are overweight, leaving the health and productivity of an entire generation at risk.
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