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Meningitis outbreak shines light on 'compounding pharmacies'
David Gura Oct 8, 2012
Pharmacies linked to meningitis outbreak not regulated by FDA.
Dogs trained to spot diabetics' blood sugar swings
Blake Farmer Sep 24, 2012
There's a burgeoning industry of inexpensive classes that promise to train dogs to alert their diabetic owners to a change in their blood sugar.
Nanny state or helpful hand?
David Lazarus Aug 31, 2012
Figuring out where personal responsibility ends and government intervention begins when it comes to eating habits.
Government should tax unhealthy food
Mitchell Katz Aug 31, 2012
The director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services says there should be financial incentives for healthy food choices, consequences for unhealthy ones.
Could better branding get kids to eat their vegetables?
Sabri Ben-Achour Aug 30, 2012
On the age-old question of how you get kids to eat broccoli, new research from Cornell University finds it's all about branding.
Can working from home increase productivity?
Stephen Dubner Aug 23, 2012
Our Freakonomics expert Stephen Dubner says there is evidence that working from home is better for you.
As school year starts, more veggies on the menu
Adriene Hill Aug 20, 2012
Changes in the federal school lunch program will put more fruits and vegetables on pupils' trays. Will they eat them?
The latest Olympic star: Kinesio tape
Mitchell Hartman Aug 13, 2012
Olympic athletes helped increase sales of colorful therapeutic tape.
Australian woman wins key Thalidomide settlement
Stuart Cohen Jul 18, 2012
Today, a woman in Australia born without arms or legs reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the distributor of Thalidomide, as a previously undiagnosed victim of the drug's side effects. The case may prompt similar legal action for uncompensated victims around the world.
