Senate Democratic leaders are mothballing a climate change bill until September. The bill faces withering opposition from Republicans, and many deals will have to be made before the measure — which seeks to create a greener economy — is passed.
California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed by Americans — but not by the residents themselves. The area is one of the poorest in the country, with high rates of malnutrition and obesity. Some locals are working to change that.
In the new book The Heart of Power writer and political scientist James Morone examines how the health issues faced by past presidents may have helped shape their health care priorities and policies. From Franklin Roosevelt to Clinton, how did the personal and the public intersect?
Writing in the New York Review of Books, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and retired M.D. Arnold Relman says President Obama's health care plan won't work. Relman outlines the changes he thinks are necessary for success but missing in the plan.
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler discusses how milkshakes, buffalo wings and other sugary, fatty and salty foods train the brain to overeat. Gail Vance Civille, president of food consulting firm Sensory Spectrum, talks about the most alluring flavors and textures.
International climate talks in Italy ended with few promises to cope with global warming. China and other developing countries continue to say they will not commit to stemming the flow of carbon dioxide from their smokestacks. These countries are first demanding dramatic action from the fully industrialized world.
Good news for chewing-gum fans: Sugarless gum with xylitol may be good for your teeth. Experts say xylitol works against cavity-causing bacteria, helping to prevent tooth decay.
President Obama and the other G-8 leaders meeting in Italy agreed to try to limit the global increase in temperature. But the developing countries refused to set a numerical target for limiting their own greenhouse gases. Experts say without cooperation from developing countries, no effort to fight climate change can succeed.
President Obama has chosen Dr. Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health. Collins helped unravel the human genetic code. He's also known for finding common ground between a belief in God and science.
Doctors completed the first ever eight-way "domino" kidney transplant — involving eight donors and eight recipients — this week. The surgeries were performed in four hospitals over three weeks, and the surgeon who coordinated the exchange says the patients are all doing well.
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