Top Items On This 12-Year-Old's Wish List: 'A Leg, A Bicycle'
The one-legged orphan in Liberia had figured out how to use a crutch as an improvised prosthetic leg. But he wanted the real deal.
Health & Safety
Can Changing When And What We Eat Help Outwit Disease?
I'm fasting intermittently as part of a research study, to see if changing my gut microbiome affects my multiple sclerosis. But maybe living on Peanut Chews isn't the best strategy.
This Photographer Captures A Megacity's Vibe In A Single Photo
Martin Roemers and his camera traveled to 22 megacities — population 10 million or more — from Lagos to Los Angeles.
GOP Leaders Urge Return To 'High-Risk Insurance Pools' That Critics Call Costly
Some Republicans in Congress say they could partly fix the federal health law by again separating people who buy insurance into two categories — sick and healthy. Critics say it won't save money.
Why Oh Why Is There Phlegm?
Having a cold or a flu is unpleasant enough without suffering the indignity of phlegm. But those gobs of goo are there for a reason.
How Hermann Rorschach's 'Inkblots' Took On A Life Of Their Own
These days, you're more likely to come across the concept of a Rorschach test in a cultural context than a clinical one. In a new book, author Damion Searls traces the history of the famous inkblots.
Rights Advocates Warn Russian Domestic Abuse Law Will 'Protect The Oppressor'
"The law mentions one blow, but with one blow you can kill someone," says a young mom hiding in a shelter. "What kind of husbands, what kind of families, will we have with that law? Is that normal?"
Brazil's Expanding Yellow Fever Outbreak Started With Monkeys
Since December, there have been more than 1,000 suspected human cases of yellow fever and hundreds more probable cases in monkeys.
As Presidents Live Longer, Doctors Debate Whether To Test For Dementia
The true health of politicians has likely been cloaked in secrecy since the days of Mesopotamian kings, but definitely since the Wilson administration. Has the time come to test presidents' cognition?
Republican Health Care Proposal Would Cover Fewer Low-Income Families
The plan that House Republicans discussed Thursday would replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits and cut Medicaid funds to the states.