WELL
For Cold Virus, Zinc May Edge Out Even Chicken Soup
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Scientists haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc may be the next best thing.
Scientists See Success in Flu Vaccine Made by Faster Method
By ANDREW POLLACK
A new vaccine that could become available in the United States in the next few years is made by growing the virus in cultures of animal cells rather than in chicken eggs.
Stuart Bradford
Forms of teenage aggression and victimization occur as students jockey to improve their social status.
Post a CommentTHE NEW OLD AGE BLOG
The Fog of Psychotropic Drugs
By PAULA SPAN
In Minnesota, nursing home residents are weaned from psychotropic drugs in an experimental effort to reconnect them to the world.
CONSULTS BLOG
When the Diagnosis Is A.D.H.D.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Dr. Russell Barkley answers readers' questions about A.D.H.D.
Report Details Sabotage of Birth Control
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Men who abuse women physically and emotionally may also sabotage their partners’ birth control, pressuring them to become pregnant against their will, new reports suggest.
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Black rice is optional in this hash; use it if you want a more substantial dish.
Wariness on Surgery of the Mind
By BENEDICT CAREY
A recent paper argues that a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder has not been sufficiently tested, and that even calling it “therapy” raises people’s hopes beyond what is scientifically supportable.
Patient Voices: O.C.D.PERSONAL BEST
Would You Like a Shake With That Workout?
By GINA KOLATA
Researchers say that standing on a platform that vibrates 50 times a second seems to slightly improve performance in the few minutes immediately after.
CASES
Shedding a Protective Cocoon, Woven by Delusions
By MARC E. AGRONIN, M.D.
In the face of terrible losses and confusion, a stroke victim’s mind found refuge in the coos and cries of imaginary children.
Recalled Devices Mostly Untested, New Study Says
By BARRY MEIER
Most devices involved in high-risk recalls were cleared in a process that required little, if any, testing.
FIRST MENTION
Pacemaker, 1933
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The Times reported on a demonstration of the “artificial pacemaker,” but the device and various successors were not ready for prime time until decades later.
GLOBAL UPDATE
Zimbabwe: Fewer Extramarital Partners and Dollars Push Precipitous Decline in H.I.V. Rate
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
In 1997, an estimated 29 percent of adults were infected; a decade later, only 16 percent were.
Can Polio Be Eradicated? A Skeptic Now Thinks So
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Dr. Donald A. Henderson had always doubted that polio could be eradicated, but he has now changed his mind.
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