Back pain: Am I just sore or have I hurt myself? And if I've hurt myself, what do I do? I've recently begun a great exercise routine that I'm really excited about. I am still ramping up, so I'm only going to the gym about 3 days a week, but I use an elliptical machine for at least 30 minutes every t...

We were weighing another post about how eHow and Yahoo! Answers, among other hideous examples of free speech, are proving America is the dumbest and most unintentionally hilariously country in the United States, when this one question on our second least-favorite internet search engine became the we...

Filed under: Health & safety, Medical conditions My six-year-old had a high fever on Thursday, no other symptoms ... the kind of bug I hate. When it's a cold or a stomach flu, at least I know what we're getting into. Fever with no symptoms is a troubling mystery. Two days after her fever broke, ...

Could I possibly have Serotonin Syndrome even though I've been off anti-depressants for two or three years? And whether I have it or not, what's the best way to get a doctor to hold my hand while I try the recomended treatment for it; an antihistamine called Cyproheptadine (brand name Periactin) tha...

Greetings Hey folks, today is it!  We are going to be kicking off our new show in just a few more hours.  We are looking forward to having a very interactive show that has a mixed balance of viewers and active participants.  We are going to leave our show open today for whatever you w...

I had a conversation with a respected professor a couple years ago about research. I struggled with crunching numbers and writing up a paper that would wind up in a scholarly journal. Who would read it? What would they do with it? Would it collect dust in library shelves and go unread? Being trained...

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the Crown prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. Franchises are often very fragile things - do it right, and you end up with muc...

TV this week: Battlestar Galactica: "Home: Part 1" - I'm to the point that if an episode has Baltar in it, I kind of wish it would end immediately. The character makes me squirm. Fortunately, he's only in one scene. I wonder if the new Boomer will survive very long in that crowd of hostile humans? T...

First I wanted to thank all the people who responded to my post on Monday. So to update, I went to my initial appointment with the midwife on Tuesday, and it went very well!!! She is the first person I've seen during this pregnancy that made me feel comfortable!!! So now I'm going to have a home bir...

The rocky road to staffing still-vacant government positions suffered a bit of a setback Thursday, as the creamy filling—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, henceforth known as “The Gupta”—of Obama’s team withdrew his name from consideration for the post of surgeon general. Many feel The...