A-toZ Guide
The Year in Medicine

10 Foods That Pack a Wallop
Eat, drink and be healthy! Scientists are rapidly identifying the natural chemicals that give preventive punch to a rainbow of ordinary edibles

Powerfoods: Do They Work?

Vaccines Stage a Comeback
They defeated some of the deadliest diseases known to man. Now they are helping defend us against bioterrorism. And soon, inoculations may protect us from killers like AIDs, Ebola, heart disease and even cancer

How Vaccines Work

A Public Mess
The government's clumsy handling of anthrax exposed the weaknesses of a public-health system gone off the rails. Can it be set right?

Can We Learn to Beat the Reaper?
Science has been winning battles against old age, but can it win the war?

Playing Chicken With Our Antibiotics
Overtreatment is creating dangerously resistant germs

Hands Too Clean?

Preventive Parenting
Paying attention to a baby's unique personality may head off problems before they happen

Too Heavy, Too Young
Obesity is rapidly becoming the major health crisis of the next generation. What parents can do to help kids control their own weight

Walk Don't Run
It's simple, it's cheap, and studies show that walking may be the best exercise for reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes

Pumping Preventive Iron


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