Newsweek Health for Life

A Guide to Predicting Your Medical Future

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Risk Management: You can't lower your age or upgrade your genes, but when it comes to assessing your health with the latest screenings, your fate is in your hands. Here are the best checkups to check out—and those you can skip.

How to Solve Three Puzzles

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

New knowledge and sophisticated diagnostic techniques are helping doctors recognize early signs of autism, Alzheimer's disease and heart problems in women. Harvard experts report on the advances that are giving patients hope.

Very Personal Medicine

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The search is on for more-accurate ways to diagnose prostate cancer. How 'biomarkers' might save lives.

Big-Belly Blues

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Harvard doctor explains why it's critical to trim down and firm up.

A Deceptive Disease

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I had all the symptoms of thyroid cancer as a teenager, but it took years to get the right diagnosis.

Mommy Wants Her Body Back

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

More older women are getting breast surgery than ever before, in the hopes of reclaiming their pre-pregnancy figures.

Five Reasons Your Office Is Bad for You

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Desk jockeys beware: The average working environment can take a surprising toll on your health. Here's how to avoid the hazards.

About Last Night

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

What really happens to your body when you drink too much--and why most hangover remedies won't work.

Junk Food County

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Why many rural Americans can't get nutritious foods. The unhealthy truth about country living.

What’s Next in Medicine

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT