HPV vaccine mandated for green card applicants. A new requirement that girls as young as 11 be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus before they can become legal U.S...

Alzheimer's expert Doraiswamy answers your questions. P. Murali Doraiswamy, author of the popular new book The Alzheimer's Action Plan, answers readers questions here and in the live..

Youth lit used as weightloss tool. Here's a novel approach for motivating girls to lose weight: Have them read a novel with an overweight heroine.

Parents can fret needlessly over fever. Parents, do you suffer from fever phobia? That's the widespread but mistaken belief that fevers are dangerous that "if you don't..

Obesity experts: Small diet tricks seem to work. There's no magic bullet for dropping pounds and keeping them off, but there are many practical ways to approach weight loss...

What Is The Pituitary Hormone Secretion Pattern In Cirrhosis Patients? Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Hepatic encephalopathy, a major complication of cirrhosis, is a clinical syndrome characterized by mental status changes in..

Ironwood And Forest To Present Positive Data From Linaclotide Phase.. Ironwood And Forest To Present Positive Data From Linaclotide Phase 2b IBS - C Study At ACG Annual Scientific Conference Main Category: Irritable-Bowel Syndrome Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ;..

Colonoscopy less effective for upper colon than lower colon, study suggests. The risk of getting cancer in the upper colon is greater than in the lower colon in the years after a negative colonoscopy, a new study suggests.

Gastroenterologist joins hospital in city. A new doctor coming to Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center will double the number of gastroenterologists at the facility.

Rejuvenating the body: Repeat treaments to maintain cosmetic effects. World report - There are a multitude of devices on the market that claim to rejuvenate the skin a bit better than the next device does.

Children and eczema. Twenty percent of infants suffer from a skin condition called eczema a condition that should not be confused with cradle cap.

Removing Facial and Body Hair. "They are angry that the law does not allow them to use more modern hair-removal techniques on their clients.

Call to ban sweets in schools IRELAND. Schools should ban vending machines for the sake of children's teeth, according to the Irish Dental Association.

Skip dentist, pay big later. But dentists warn that when it comes to oral health, cutting back now may cost you in the future.

Mouth sores not hygiene problem. My son had unexplained mouth sores for six months. They broke out every three weeks. He saw a dentist and periodontist, who were both unable to help. He was then referred to a dental school. Once there, the dentists immediately knew what the problem was. He was diagnosed with idiopathic cyclic neutropenia. He underwent weekly blood tests for a few months to confirm the diagnosis, but it was reassuring to know that the sores were not caused by lack of dental hygiene, as we thought.

Hundreds of cancer cases blamed on dentist x-rays. Radiation from X-rays in dentist surgeries and hospitals causes 700 people in Britain to develop cancer each year, researchers say today.

A Hint of Restraint, As Jesus's Destiny Tugs. Leo Steinberg, 88, is one of the most influential figures in art history. In the 1950s and '60s, he was already doing pioneering work on Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. His 1983 book called "The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion" -- a scholarly look at depictions..

Area Museums Update: What's on Display, in the Works. National Museum of American History UPDATE: The museum reopens Nov. 21 after an $85 million, two-year renovation. The Star-Spangled Banner moved into its new gallery last week so the historic fabric can acclimate to its new environment. In the meantime, the staff is contributing stories and insig..

The Standouts from the Upcoming Exhibitions. ONGOING/OPEN "Dinosaur Mummy CSI: Cretaceous Science Investigation" Through Jan. 11. Houston Museum of Natural Science The world premiere exhibition of the most perfectly fossilized plant-eating dinosaur ever discovered: a duckbilled dinosaur named Leonardo, found by paleontologists with almost a..

On the Cover. The illustration is a painting by Benoit van Innis, whose work has appeared frequently on the covers and inside pages of the New Yorker. The Belgian artist recently created murals for a Metro station in Brussels, a soccer stadium in Bruges and a design center in Antwerp. His paintings have also been..