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Family history can hint at how the future will shape up

I used to rebel against the idea that we all become our mothers. But lately I find it awfully hard to deny. When four generations sat around my dinner table a few weeks back, I saw not only that am I the spitting image of both my mom and my grandmother, but also that this inheritance has also tur...

Don't wait for a cure to appear: As someone with chronic fatigue syndrome, I had to change my life to get relief (Post, October 27, 2009)

A Sticky Issue for Anyone Fond of Fondue and Other Cheesy Delights (By Jennifer LaRue Huget, October 13, 2009)

How a Public Option Saved My Life: Universal-Coverage Law Was One of the Miracles That Kept Me Going (Post, October 13, 2009)

Artists Hail Courage of Cancer Patients (Post, October 13, 2009)

Scientists' Genetic Work Earns Nobel Prize: Three Americans Share Award For Medicine (Post, October 6, 2009)

Adding Up The Radiation From Scans (Post, October 6, 2009)

That'll Be $418 For Use of the Examining Room: 'Facility Fees' Are Taking Many Patients by Surprise (Post, October 6, 2009)

When Eating Right Is A Grass-Roots Effort (By Jennifer LaRue Huget, October 6, 2009)

The Checkup: Health in the News and in Your Life (Post, September 15, 2009)

The Checkup: Health in the News and in Your Life (Post, September 8, 2009)

Lab Produces Monkeys With 2 Mothers: Research May Help Women With Genetic Disorders but Raises Ethical Questions (Post, August 27, 2009)

Packing a Heavier Warning: Elsewhere, Cigarette Boxes Bear Graphic Evidence of Smoking's Ill Effects; U.S. Labels Will Soon Do the Same (Post, August 4, 2009)