No `best’ fix for slipped disc
A major study intended to determine if sciatica, a burning sensation in the leg caused by a slipped disc, is best treated with surgery or with other medical treatment has...
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Pot, violent videos alter teenage brain
The discovery that the brain undergoes a second growth spurt during adolescence has potential implications not only for teen driving but also for other behavioral problems that have their roots...
Teens driven to distraction
By the time puberty is over in the middle to late teens, when adult height and full reproductive capacity have been achieved, the body is at its peak--the strongest, swiftest...
Pot, violent videos alter teenage brain
The discovery that the brain undergoes a second growth spurt during adolescence has potential implications not only for teen driving but also for other behavioral problems that have their roots...
New study sneezes at benefits of echinacea
Taking echinacea to ward off a cold or reduce its symptoms is a waste of time and money, according to a large, carefully controlled study that found the popular herbal...
Professor at U. of I. gets Nobel for MRI
Like every other chemist using magnetic fields and radio waves to identify molecules in the early 1970s, Paul Lauterbur was frustrated that his data were often ruined by seemingly meaningless...
Rhythm, melody, life
A popular melody reels around in the brain against our will. Music sets the toe to tapping and the blood to racing. It marks our happiest and most solemn occasions....
Welfare-to-work reform not harming kids, study finds
Contrary to fears that welfare reform would hurt children, the largest study yet assessing the effects of the sweeping 1996 act pushing mothers on welfare into work has found that...
Next leap in space travel faces doubts
NASA scientists who will oversee the mission to Mars of two robotic rovers this summer are pioneering the next giant leap in the U.S. space program: exploration aimed at landing...
Key differences seen in Columbia, Challenger disasters
The white streaks that marked the disintegration of Columbia in the blue Texas sky Saturday morning were hauntingly reminiscent of the arcing white plumes of another shuttle loss on Jan....