The New York Times offers up a hypochondriac’s dream –and a responsible person’s roadmap to medical tests for six conditions that we all hope we never face.  Tests for colon cancer, heart problems, hip problems, diabetes, obesity and asthma are all put to the test here, and the Times tells […]

For years, doctors have known that steroids, such as cortisone, can leave bones weaker than they found them. Now they know why. The America Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) reports that scientists have long suspected that steroids interfere with the process of bone remodeling, in which cells called […]