Inside the fight for universal health care.

OK, not really. But without a villian to rouse our passions, it's hard for America to get invested.

Debate over the role of abortion in publicly funded health care could be one more stumbling block.

Caloric Restriction May Extend Lives. Is it Worth It?

Is cryptomnesia—copying the work of others without being aware of it—to blame for journalism's ultimate sin? Um, maybe not.

An Oregon couple is the latest to be tried for prohibiting medical treatment for their sick child. A look at 'faith healing' in America.

Are "green" fireworks the answer to unhealthy pyrotechnics? 

The genome's bounty is further off than expected, but it may yet yield deeper and wider insights.

Medicine may allow us to challenge our genetic inheritance and repair insults to the brain, whether as Alzheimer's sufferers or moody, forgetful people and hazy thinkers.

While the world focuses on swine flu, another enigmatic virus is making a reappearance. Why hard-hit Turkey is divided on the best defense.

The Charlie's Angels star dies at 62. Let's remember her for the tough girl that she was.

The economic downturn could be the best thing that ever happened to kids. The return of free play.

Being under the spotlight isn't all glamour. As Sara Ziff discovered, top models also fall prey to sexual predators.

The fault, dear Darwin, lies not in our ancestors, but in ourselves.

A new book asks whether women should marry for money after all.

In 1995, a California doctor took responsibility for thousands of unwanted embryos. He's still figuring out what to do with them.

He says the uninsured cost the rest of U.S. families $1,000 a year.