Welcome to DailyAdvance!

Clinton Details Premium Cap in Health Plan
The Murky Politics of Mind-Body
Harvey Picker, 92, Pioneer in Patient-Centered Care, Is Dead
When the Bully Sits in the Next Cubicle
The Drug Scare That Exposed a World of Hurt
Alaska Suit Against Lilly Is Settled
Study Finds Many Patients Dissatisfied With Hospitals
Trying Again After Recurrent Miscarriages
Study Hints of Gene Link to Risk of Schizophrenia
Recalling the Madness
Patterns: Another Reason to Choose a Mate Wisely
Singing and Fitness
The Claim: A Fever in a Baby Is a Sign of Teething
New Therapies Fight Phantom Noises of Tinnitus
April Fool! The Purpose of Pranks
Seeking Answers to Stop Another Stillbirth
TB Declines, but the Toll Is Still ‘Severe’
Am I Looking at a Malignant Melanoma?
Torn by Fighting, Two Countries Fall Behind in Campaign Against Polio
Seeking Answers to Stop Another Stillbirth
Patterns: Another Reason to Choose a Mate Wisely
April Fool! The Purpose of Pranks
Am I Looking at a Malignant Melanoma?
New Therapies Fight Phantom Noises of Tinnitus
The Claim: A Fever in a Baby Is a Sign of Teething
Singing and Fitness
A Grim Tradition, and a Long Struggle to End It
Empathy for the Brain, After Insult and Injury
60-Plus, Ripped, and Natural Competitors
In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care
Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore ?Abortion?
After War, Love Can Be a Battlefield
Dr. Charlotte Tan, 84, Oncologist, Dies
Sveltest Borough Award Goes to . . .
Army Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours to Iraq
Drug Makers Near an Old Goal: A Legal Shield
In Remote Eskimo Villages, Pockets of Third-World Problems
Patterns: Heavy Burden for Infants Who Lack Sleep
Escalator Injuries Rise in Older Adults
California Hospital Faces Sanctions After Workers Wrongly Looked at Patient Records
The Claim: IPods Can Interfere With Pacemakers
A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativity
Increasing Obesity Requires New Ambulance Equipment
Upper West Side Couple Settles Suit Over a Neighbor?s Smoke
Keeping Priorities Straight, Even at the End
Vision: Study Sees Value in Older Cornea Donors
My Daughters Are Fine, but I'll Never Be the Same
Children: Heredity May Figure Into Breech Deliveries
Heading Off a Cold
Potential for Harm in Dietary Supplements
In Shift to Digital, More Repeat Mammograms
The Flutter Over Heart Rate
Putting the Best Face on Cosmetic Surgeons
Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S.
Mumps Outbreak Prompts Questions
Public Forum to Address Safety Issues on Vaccines
Rethinking an Old Ailment: Enlarged Prostate
Poison Pill
For Housewives, She?s the Hot Ticket
The Cure
On the Retail Frontier, Another Shop in SoHo for the Person Who Has Everything
Co-Payments Go Way Up for Drugs With High Prices
Patterns: Dyslexia as Different as Day and Night
Desperate to Cry, Desperate Not To
Raves (Yes, It's True) for New Hearing Aid
Germany: Marijuana Smokers Were Poisoned With Lead in Leipzig
The Claim: Being Left-Handed Adds to the Risk of Migraines
Dengue Outbreak Sweeps Through Rio
Let the Sunshine In
Alternatives for the Final Disposition
Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants
Open Wide: Pioneer Dentist Gets His Due
Panel's Bipartisan View: F.D.A. Is Underfinanced
French Bill Takes Chic Out of Being Too Thin
New Calculator Factors Chances for Very Premature Infants
Changing Speeds to Go the Distance
A Jump in Doctor Visits and Deaths in Flu Season
Nurse Union Wins Order to Restrain Rival Union
Nearly a Fifth of War Veterans Report Mental Disorders, a Private Study Finds
When an Upset Stomach Roils Your Trip
Warning on Storage of Health Records
President Is Rebuffed on Program for Children
No Fortissimo? Symphony Told to Keep It Down
Before Medicare, Sticker Shock and Rejection
States Look to Tobacco Tax for Budget Holes
Jerome H. Grossman, Health Care Policy Expert, Is Dead at 68
Nostrums: Testosterone and Sex Drive in Women
A Holiday From Illness, All Too Fleeting
Donor Attention-Deficit Disorder? Phony Press Release Is Joke, Sort Of
Expressing Our Individuality, the Way E. Coli Do
Many Possible Routes to the Goal of 120/80
Hypertension: In Retreat, but Hardly Vanquished
Life Expectancy Is Declining in Some Pockets of the Country
A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions
The Claim: During a Seizure, You Can Swallow Your Tongue
At Bedside, Stay Stoic or Display Emotions?
At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk
In Federal Suit, 2 Views of Veterans' Health Care
F.D.A. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries
Working While Chronically Ill
Italy: Rise in Doctors Refusing to Perform Abortions
Cheating Starts Before the Race Does
In a Perfect World, Rosacea Remains a Problem
As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries
Congress Near Deal on Genetic Test Bias Bill
Tyson Told to End an Antibiotic Claim
How to Live Longer Without Really Trying
Court Delays Posting of Calories
Drug Executive Is Indicted on Secret Deal
A New View on the Roots of Itchy Skin
Scanner to Find Fatty Deposits in Vessels Is Approved
M. Lois Murphy, 91, Dies; Leader in Cancer Research
The Short End of the Longer Life
Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways
Michael White, 59, Dies; Used Stories as Therapy
Dental Clinics, Meeting a Need With No Dentist
Insurer Says Economy Has Dented Its Prospects
Hazards: Gymnastics Grades High in Injuries, Too
Glaxo Says Compound in Wine May Fight Aging
Sexual Advances
Prevention: So Many Mosquitoes, Only So Many Nets
Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles
Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower
You Name It, and Exercise Helps It
A Genetics Pioneer Sees a Bright Future, Cautiously
Nostrums: Study Critiques Antioxidant Supplements
Cherry Tomatoes Get a Seawater Boost
Perceptions: Go Ahead, Put the Water Bottle Down
The Claim: Tilt Your Head Back to Treat a Nosebleed
Genes Explain Race Disparity in Response to a Heart Drug
Aging: Depression Tied to Alzheimer's
Quieting the Demons and Giving Art a Voice
College's High Cost, Before You Even Apply
A Great Pox's Greatest Feat: Staying Alive
Study Warns Job Losses Will Strain Government Health Programs
In Hepatitis Trends, Good News and Bad
William H. Stewart Is Dead at 86; Put First Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, F.D.A. Says
Patent Law Battle a Boon to Lobbyists
Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102
Federal Money in Health Care Plan From McCain
Lewis Gibson, Cystic Fibrosis Expert, Dies at 80
Drug From Genentech and Biogen Fails as a Lupus Treatment
Philippines Bans Kidney Transplants for Foreigners
For 100 Iraqi Doctors, a Return to Normal
Cycling Success Measured in Frequent-Flier Miles
McCain Health Plan Could Mean Higher Tax
States Limit Costly Sites for Cancer Radiation
More Mothers Breast-Feed, in First Months at Least
Sickened by the Office (Really)
Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes
Measles in U.S. at Highest Level Since 2001
Virus Kills 22 Children in Eastern China
Boomers, Exercise Your Brains, or Else You'll...Uh...
Researchers Find That Fat Cells Die and Are Replaced With New Ones
States Look to Rein In Private Medicare Plans
Blocking the Transmission of Violence
Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs
A Latter-Day Gehrig Survives, and He Demands to Be Heard
Prepping Robots to Perform Surgery
A Psychedelic 'Problem Child' Comes Full Circle
A Mind-Altering Drug Altered a Culture as Well
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?
The Lost Supermarket: A Breed in Need of Replenishment
For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life's End
For Physician Assistant, Empathy Goes Two Ways
Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx
E.R.'s Are Busy, but Fewer Patients Are Uninsured
Forcing Sobriety, However Imperfectly
Blood Pressure Is Most Lethal in Poor and Middle-Income Countries
I'm Not Lying, I'm Telling a Future Truth. Really.
The Claim: Running Outdoors Burns More Calories
Patterns: Serious Message in a Seductive Voice
Redefining Disease, Genes and All
Prognosis: Kidney Decline Difficult to Stop
The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury
Perceptions: Whom to Believe? Children Find Out Early
Evidence a High-Fat Diet Works to Treat Epilepsy
Some Diabetics Don't Have What They Thought They Had
State Watch for 2 Percent of Doctors
$271 Million for Research on Stem Cells in California
For Peak Performance, 3 Is Not Better Than 1
The Uneven Playing Field
Hard Sell to Medicare Insurance Buyers Would Get Softer Under New Rules
'Mad Pride' Fights a Stigma
That Must Be Bob at the Door. I Hear His New Hip Squeaking.
Gut-Wrenching
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa
Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football
How to Be Smarter
Drug Promises to Restore Sensation After Dental Visit
A Surgeon's Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room
Engineering by Scientists on Embryo Stirs Criticism
Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency
Northwest Fishery Posts Highest Fatality Rate
A Guided Tour of Your Body
Oral Cancer in Men Associated With HPV
Murray Jarvik, 84, Whose Research Helped Lead to Nicotine Patch, Dies
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
New Advice for Surgery on the Knees
More Than an Exercise in Vanity
Back Pain Eludes Perfect Solutions
For Men, Relief in Sight
There's More to Ears Than Just Wax
Reducing Your Risk for Breast Cancer
A Guided Tour of Your Body
Eating Your Way to a Sturdy Heart
Watch Your Girth
Think of Your Poor Feet
The Claim: You Should Breathe Into a Paper Bag if You're Hyperventilating
Mosquito Thrives; So Does Dengue Fever
Nutrition: Breast-Feeding Tied to Intelligence
A Child, a Bizarre Tumor and a Perilous Operation
In Delusions of Romance, Genuine Comfort
Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler
Having a Baby: Mother's Touch Helps Cut Newborns' Pain
Fake Malaria Drugs Emerging in Vulnerable Countries in Africa
Vision: Vitamin E Benefit for Cataracts in Dispute
Applying a Balm to the Years
For the Disabled, Age 18 Brings Difficult Choices
F.D.A. Chief Writes Congress for Money
Study Links Rise in Mastectomies to M.R.I. Detection