Viktor Koen
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'Predictably Irrational': Keeping (too many) options open
By JOHN TIERNEY
In his new book, Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at MIT, describes the human penchant for keeping options open.
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Surgeon accused of hastening patient's death to retrieve organs sooner
By JESSE MCKINLEY
At the heart of the case is whether the surgeon was pursuing organs at any cost or had become caught in a web of misunderstanding about a lesser-used harvesting technique.
U.S. tells Europe it's open to binding deal on climate
By JAMES KANTER AND ANDREW C. REVKIN
The Bush administration has long avoided saying the United States would agree to new binding international obligations on greenhouse gas emissions - until this week.
Talking with children about sex and AIDS: At what age to start?
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
What age is the right age to have "the talk," not just about where babies come from, but also about sex and AIDS?
Books For the very old, a dose of 'slow medicine'
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
For elderly patients, some doctors are now rejecting the assembly line of modern medical care for older, gentler options.
Drug-resistant TB at record levels
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
A new survey confirms that many governments have lost control of tuberculosis after failing to invest enough to build, equip and staff the laboratories needed to detect the disease.
Vital Signs Screening: Dialysis can lower blood sugar readings
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
A common test to see how well diabetics control blood-sugar levels can be misleading when the patients are on hemodialysis, researchers say.
Study finds increased risk of death from anemia drugs
By ANDREW POLLACK
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to convene a committee to discuss whether to impose further restrictions on the use of Aranesp from Amgen and Procrit from Johnson & Johnson with cancer patients.
Competing on calls that aren't just elk to elk
By FELICITY BARRINGER
Elk calling is judged like figure skating, has regional competitions like basketball, but it is not for the faint of ear.
Global seed vault opens in Norway
AP
A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday in an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
U.S. signals openness to a binding climate pact
By JAMES KANTER AND ANDREW C. REVKIN
A senior White House official said Tuesday for the first time that the United States could enter into a binding accord that could be tailored to the capabilities of individual countries.
HEALTH Best Cold- And Flu-Fighting Foods
By ALLISON VAN DUSEN / Forbes.com
Every new year, Lisa Hark finds herself waiting for her kids at the bus stop with a bunch of other moms, most of whom have colds. Hark, on the other hand, can't remember the last time she was sick.
Accessing the world's coral reefs
By CORNELIA DEAN
Researchers who studied a string of Pacific Ocean atolls are painting the first detailed picture of pristine coral reefs and how they can be disrupted by people.
A lack of data hinders treatment of prostate cancer
By TARA PARKER-POPE
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality this month issued a sweeping review of prostate cancer treatments, from surgical removal, radiation, hormone therapy to so-called watchful waiting. But because none of these treatments emerged as superior, the agency came to the troubling conclusion that it could not recommend one over the others.
Fault line that spawned Indian Ocean tsunami ruptures repeatedly
AP
The activity shows the stress the seam is under and could be a harbinger of worse to come, scientists warn.
The encyclopedia of Life, version one
Daring to think differently about schizophrenia
Idea Lab: Baby-talk show: Do you know how many words your child spoke today?
Obituary: Ray Wu, biochemist and genetic engineer; Douglas Fraser, auto workers union president
Fear of insurance trouble leads many to shun or hide DNA tests
Reproductive tricks: The biology of virgin birth
Bugs touted as emergency food source
U.S. Supreme Court makes it tougher to sue medical device makers
Food companies target honey bee health problems
Dutch research leads to theory on formation of Martian fans
U.S. missile strikes spy satellite falling from orbit
Embryonic stem cells control diabetes in study of mice
U.S. takes Northern Rockies gray wolves off endangered list
Advice to psychiatrists: Try some therapy
Space shuttle lands, clearing way for satellite knock-down
In some cases, probiotics can be deadly
Personal Health: Vitamin D: An oldie vies for nutrient of the decade
In California, restaurants to bolster the immune system
American scientists favor turning a greenhouse gas back into gasoline
Understanding octopus, cuttlefish and other camouflage champions
Lacking cure, a new tack on muscular dystrophy
Researchers puzzled by rise in midlife suicide rate in U.S.
Russia's dive under polar ice irks American
Gentlemen, 5 easy steps to living long and well
Fighting bedsores with a team approach
What people owe fish: A lot
Lowering odds of multiple births
Uninsured and underinsured at risk for late cancer diagnoses
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