Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.

Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.

Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.

Investments in health, one of the largest segments of the U.S. economy, have been stagnating — and could be poised to actually take a big hit.

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Here are a few names from the teams of advisers counseling the presidential candidates.

Obama and McCain weigh in on stem cells, federal research funding, and preventive medicine.

As researchers develop ways of reprogramming adult cells, such as skin cells, to have the same flexibility as embryonic stem cells, this new test shows that the reprogrammed stem cells are truly capable of becoming any cell in the body.

Survivors of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic still make antibodies against the virus, revealing a long-lived immunity previously thought impossible.

Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case.