Three new studies show that diabetes education and behavioral interventions can help lower blood sugar levels in people who are having trouble managing their diabetes. Each study looked at different types of educational and behavioral interventions and found some improvement in long-term blood sugar control. The results are published in the Oct. 10 online edition [...]

It’s the staple of porn and an element of Americana so pervasive that it has become a term to describe any crescendo in pop culture, from a game-winning basket by Kobe Bryant to an emphatic punch line by Sarah Palin. More than 20 years ago Jeff Koons made his soon-to-be wife, porn star La Cicciolina, [...]

A doctor friend of mine used to tell me that medicine is like religion for many doctors. She wasn’t talking about surgeons with God-complexes. Or even the reverence that a white coat and stethoscope induces in many. Until I started writing about alternative health, I didn’t really know what she meant. If you go into [...]

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the same group that recommended doctors scale back on mammograms for women, is thinking of recommending against use of the prostate-specific antigen or PSA test. The task force, an independent panel appointed by the federal government, plans to give a common blood test known as the PSA test a [...]