health & medicine
New food safety law's impact on Indian street food
Many street food vendors will be forced to change their ways as India's food safety law is enforced.
How fast food rewires our brains
The tactics fast food companies use to get us to overeat, and come back for more -- from shakes in clear plastic cups to apples with caramel.
Breath test detects diabetes, cancer and other diseases
Developers of the breath test say there is an 85 percent accuracy in spotting lung cancer using the breathalyzer.
More access to healthy foods for low-income Americans
A Boston program encourages low-income residents to eat healthier by giving them incentives to buy food at farmers markets.
Genetically tailored virus may cure leukemia
Virus turns T cells into tumor-seeking missiles, and could be the key to curing some cancers.
Salmonella outbreak leads to largest meat recall in U.S. history.
Cargill recalls 36 million pounds of ground turkey after salmonella outbreak leaves one person dead and at least 76 ill.
Study finds home births increase by 20 percent
Women who chose home births say they want more control of their bodies and are rejecting the hospital and its technology.
Increase in C-Sections worldwide troubles health experts
From the U.S. to the third world, C-sections are on the rise. But health experts caution the procedure has unaccounted risks.
What gets buried: the impact of compulsive hoarding on children
The daughter of a hoarder describes how her mother's compulsion has shaped her life.
Research finds healthy lifestyle reduces risk of Alzheimer's
Physical inactivity and smoking are two major risk factors associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States.
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