Study Links Excess Weight To Likelihood of Alzheimer's: Risk Increases in Women Overweight at 70 (Post, July 15, 2003)

Food Labels Must List Trans Fats: Starting in 2006, Rule Targets Risk Factor for Heart Disease (Post, July 10, 2003)

Health Costs of Obesity Near Those of Smoking: HHS Secretary Presses Fast-Food Industry (Post, May 14, 2003)

Study Cites Pervasive Effects of Obesity in Children: Condition Affects Physical, Social and Emotional Activities; Parallel to Cancer Patients Noted (Post, April 9, 2003)

San Antonio Has Highest Rate of Obesity (Post, March 3, 2003)

'Supersizing' Hits the Dinner Table: Study Traces Rise of Obesity to Larger Portions of Food Served at Home, Too (Post, Jan. 22, 2003)

Study Finds That in U.S., 1 in 3 Are Obese (Post, Oct. 9, 2002)

Study Links Excess Weight to Risk of Heart Failure (Post, Aug. 1, 2002)

Victim's Dad Faults Gene Therapy Team: Researchers Misled Family of Teen About Risks, Senate Oversight Panel Is Told (Post, Feb. 3, 2000)

Gene Test Deaths Not Reported Promptly (Post, Jan. 31, 2000; 6:56 PM)

Colon Cancer Tests: The Best and the Rest (Post, March 29, 2005)

Cancer: Test Blacks Sooner: New Guidelines Advise Colon Screen at 45 to Curb Deaths (Post, March 29, 2005)

Cancer Effort Enlists Barbers: Prostate Awareness Program Focuses on African American Men (Post, March 28, 2005)

Treatment for Prostate Cancer Shows Promise: Vaccine in Study Pushed Immune System to Attack Tumors, Allowing Patients to Live Longer (Post, Feb. 17, 2005)

Va. Boy's Biopsy Finds No Cancer: EBay Auction Helped Defray Medical Costs (Post, Feb. 16, 2005)

Global Health Corps Proposed to Fight AIDS (Post, April 20, 2005)

GAO Criticizes FDA On Spermicide Labels That Omit AIDS Risk (Post, April 12, 2005)

Use of AIDS Medicine Might Be Altered to Avert Drug Resistance (Post, Feb. 26, 2005)

A Crushing Choice for Ethiopian Mothers With HIV: Facing Death, Women Leave Children at Orphanages (Post, Feb. 19, 2005)

AIDS Case in N.Y. May Not Be a Harbinger of Supervirus: Drug-Resistant HIV Strain Shows Similarities to Virus in Canadian Patients Who Were Successfully Treated (Post, Feb. 19, 2005)

Purr. Whirr.: Your Next Pet May Not Be Fur in the Future. Or Could Be a Copy Cat. (Post, April 24, 2005)

The NFL Draft Is Anybody's Guess (Post, April 22, 2005)

Making a Springtime Love Connection: Got a Passion for Screen Romance? See If Your Affairs Are in Order (Post, April 17, 2005)

Into Thick Air: Some Air Cleaners, Says Consumers Union, Produce a Sweet Fresh Smell -- Of Damaging Ozone. But Product Makers Insist Buyers Can Breathe Easy (Post, April 12, 2005)

D.C. Calendar of Events (Post, April 7, 2005)

Body's First Defense May Be Root of Diseases: Cancer, Even Alzheimer's, May Begin With Inflammation (Post, Feb. 16, 2003)

Options for Knee Cartilage Injuries (Post, July 23, 2002)

Donating Cells to... Yourself: Novel Surgery Uses Preserved Cartilage (Post, July 23, 2002)

Knee Surgery For Arthritis Is Ineffective, Study Finds (Post, July 11, 2002)

No Knead for Arthritis Supplements: Chondroitin and Glucosamine May Prove Effective as Pills, but Why Are They in Skin Creams? (Post, June 25, 2002)

Levels of Medical Evidence: How Much Confidence Exists in the Data? (Post, April 19, 2005)

Hearts in the Right Place: Cardiac Rehab Revives Bad Pumps -- and Builds a Social Club for Those on the Mend (Post, April 5, 2005)

QUICK STUDY : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics (Post, April 5, 2005)

A Weekly Shot of News and Notes (Post, April 5, 2005)

How Can You Rehab a Broken Heart? Exercise, Diet, Stress Reduction (Post, April 5, 2005)

Extra X-Ray? (Post, March 15, 2005)

Chipping Away at Poverty's Ill Effect: Event Gives Hundreds of Youths a Much-Needed Visit to the Dentist (Post, Feb. 5, 2005)

Gelling in the Dentist's Chair: Escaping Shot-Free (Post, Oct. 26, 2004)

A Policy With Teeth in It: A Weekly Check on Health Care Costs and Coverage (Post, Sept. 28, 2004)

Health Books Reviewed By Gregory Mott (Post, July 27, 2004)

Merck to Discount Drugs for Uninsured: Prices to Compare to Canadian Imports (Post, April 20, 2005)

Lung Cancer Puzzle (Post, April 12, 2005)

Extra Care, Extra Money: A Weekly Check on Health Care Costs and Coverage (Post, April 5, 2005)

A Mechanical School Nurse (Post, March 22, 2005)

Paramedics Mistakenly Thought Va. Woman Dead (Post, March 19, 2005)

Here's Looking at You (Post, Sept. 21, 2004)

A Weekly Shot of News and Notes (Post, April 27, 2004)

Eyes Resist Some Efforts to Reverse Aging (Post, March 30, 2004)

More Clarity Wanted: Can an Implantable Lens, Approved Only for Cataract Patients, Reverse Aging's Blur in Healthy Eyes? Or Is It a Clear Risk? (Post, March 30, 2004)

Another Option In Sight (Post, March 30, 2004)