Posts in: Health
I have a friend who says he can’t cry — are there medical conditions that stop people from crying?
- asks Rose Kelly
Pills For Your Ills, But Not The Ones You Think
The risks and benefits of prescribing off-label drugs.
Mis-Treating Our Veterans
Veterans Affairs’ clinicians are untrained in the most effective form of treating post traumatic stress disorder.
I heard about a bandage for soldiers that’s made from shrimp! What’s in shrimp that makes these bandages effective?
- asks Nan Knight from Temple, TX.
What is the difference between a cold sore and a canker sore? Is it true that if you have a canker sore, you have herpes?
- asks Katie from Colorado
No Rest for the Young and Weary
A New York psychologist sheds light on the realities of terminal illness in American children.
I’ve heard dogs can detect cancer just from sniffing someone’s breath. How is that possible?
-asks Christine from Waldorf, Maryland
Ending Disease Before Conception
A pioneer of genetic screening discusses his early successes and the future of the field.
