Health and medicine explained.

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• Baby Fat Do birth control pills make women gain weight?
  Christie Aschwanden Aug. 17, 2011
  
• The Doctor and the Pomegranate Antioxidants don't work, but no one wants to hear it.
  Kent Sepkowitz  Aug. 3, 2011
  
• Café or Nay? Some studies say coffee is good for you; others say it's bad. The scientists are just as confused as we are.
  Christie Aschwanden July 27, 2011
  
• Is Yogurt Good for You? The pros and cons of probiotics.
  Amanda Schaffer July 20, 2011
  
• My Dog Ate My Prescription Should slacker patients get special treatment?
  Darshak Sanghavi July 14, 2011
  
• Couch Wars Does one form of psychotherapy work better than another?
  Alastair Gee June 29, 2011
  
• Yuan a Kidney? China's proposals to pay organ donors flout the status quo. That's a good thing.
  Sally Satel June 13, 2011
  
• We Eat Crap. It Makes Us Sick. Our inability to talk about it is driving the hysteria around Europe's E. coli outbreak.
  Kent Sepkowitz  June 6, 2011
  
• Man Milk My curious quest to breast-feed.
  Michael Thomsen May 24, 2011
  
• Curses Are there really more accidents on Friday the 13th?
  Atul Gawande May 13, 2011
  
• Gym Rat Control Why is the Planet Fitness chain of health clubs trying to alienate people who love to work out?
  Luke O'Neil May 8, 2011
  
• Alzheimer's Alert When's a good time to diagnose an incurable disease?
  Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow April 29, 2011
  
• Black Salt Should the government single out African-Americans for low-sodium diets?
  Osagie K. Obasogie April 18, 2011
  
• Tiny Nukes How dangerous are small doses of radiation?
  Darshak Sanghavi April 14, 2011
  
• A Giant Pain in the Wallet How drug companies are making crucial, common drugs up to 100 times more expensive.
  Arthur Allen March 29, 2011
  
• It May Be Fake, but Trust Me—It'll Work When is it kosher for doctors to prescribe placebos?
  Christie Aschwanden March 16, 2011
  
• Bring Back the Poison Squad A hundred years ago, our food-safety regulators were willing to eat formaldehyde on our behalf. What are they doing now?
  Deborah Blum March 2, 2011
  
• The Real Problem With Vaccines Our system for compensating injured children is hurting—and this week's Supreme Court ruling doesn't help.
  Arthur Allen Feb. 23, 2011
  
• The Enema of Your Enemy is Your Friend Fecal transplants could be a cheap and effective treatment for gastrointestinal disorders.
  Emily P. Walker  Jan. 27, 2011