Top Healthcare Conversations of 2008
Many of the great healthcare thinkers and bloggers wrapped up 2008 with end-of-year considerations of the important developments in their fi...

How to add years to your life
By Dr. Sanjay GuptaCNN Chief Medical Correspondent No one wants to live forever, but no one wants to die tomorrow either. That s what ...

Breast reconstruction: Perforator flaps
This article is the third and final installment of a 3-part series on breast reconstruction surgery introducing the reconstructive options a...

Dr. Youn's Top 9 Plastic Surgery Predictions for 2009
Here are #4-#1 of Dr. Youn's Top 9 Plastic Surgery Predictions for 2009. #4: Nonsurgical Liposuction Techniques Run Rampant... As Do Disappo...

Volumetric Petri Dish Grows Cells in 3D
MIT researchers have created a device to watch the growth of cells in three dimensions. Using a special gel scaffold, the device allows for...

The Special Issue Spotter
We trawl the web for the latest psychology journal special issues so you don't have to:Twenty Years of Exciting Neuroscience (Neuron). Happy...

Don t let age bar you from having a blood stem cell transplant
According to a press release issued by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Older Age Doesn t Affect Survival after Bone Mar...

Extreme Challenges: How Obama should address health care
By Dr. Sanjay GuptaCNN Chief Medical CorrespondentThere is no doubt health care will be an extreme challenge, especially with the economy in...

Diabetes, Women and Heart Attack
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sharon DominickThe cardiovascular risks in diabetes are bad in women 65 yeard old and older as compared to me...