Conflicts of Interest May Ensnare Journalists, Too
Researchers have documented what they say are “astonishing” financial ties between journalists and drug companies in a paper in the British medical journal.
Irwin C. Gunsalus, Vitamin Biochemist, Dies at 96
Dr. Gunsalus discovered lipoic acid, which has been used as a treatment for chronic liver disease, and one of the active forms of vitamin B6, essential in metabolism.
Bad News Can Be Better Than Nothing
People who are highly neurotic also are intolerant of uncertainty, a new study suggests.
Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, a psychiatrist, earned income from drug makers that he didn’t report on his show.
Cloning
Scientists say they've nearly completed sequencing a woolly mammoth's DNA. Are we closer to making Jurassic Park a reality?
The Great American Smokeout
On the third Thursday in November every year, smokers across the country try to do what feels impossible -- give up their cigarettes for 24 hours
Gulf War Illness
If you don't want your kid to join the military, have them read this latest report
The Year in Medicine 2008: From A to Z
TIME's annual alphabetical roundup of a sampling of those stories gives you an overview of the year behind and a hint of what might be in the one ahead.
In Spain, a Transplant That Rules Out Rejection
A revolutionary process stripped a donor's windpipe of cells prone to rejection and imbued it with tissue generated by the patient's own stem cells
Equal Rights for Ugly Foods
After 20 years of oddly precise rules regarding the appearance of produce, the European Union is easing restrictions on forked carrots and curved cucumbers