The Miami Herald

When we were younger, my brother used to get engaged to a different woman every spring. Used to call it off every fall. It wasn't exactly a shock to any...

Alternative medicine is increasingly seeping into the mainstream. An example: When one of Alan Lazar's arthritis patients didn't respond to conventional treatment, the Florida orthopedic surgeon headed to the health...

Having to turn on your computer and link up to the Internet to check for new e-mail only takes a few minutes, but over the course of a day, the...

With hepatitis, failure to learn your ABCs may prove deadly. Thirty years ago, A, B and C were just letters in the alphabet, not markers of misery. It was a...

Can vitamins take the place of prescription drugs? Still bucking the medical mainstream, "diet revolution" guru Dr. Robert C. Atkins says yes. And he has an iconoclastic message for an...

An epidemic of shopping cart injuries spurs campaign to strap kids in. Remember when you were a child, glaring at those warnings plastered on shopping carts about how easy it...

"Such a little baby!" The words ricocheted through Jannette Ortega's mind like a forbidding mantra, her eyes locked on the wizened body of her newborn, a latticework of tubes and...

Wherever you turn, the accusations are there: Today's parents don't measure up. They're neglectful, permissive, self-involved--and their children bear the stigma. One recent study by New York think tank Public...

The pill that spawned the sexual revolution of the '60s isn't what it used to be. It's less, and for the 10.5 million American women taking oral contraceptives, that means...

It may not happen the next time you visit your doctor in distress. But some day soon, you could walk away with an appointment for acupuncture. After generations of skepticism--if...