Internet use cutting into TV viewing and socializing The average Internet user in the United States spends three hours a day online, with much of that time devoted ...

Medicine's Data Gap: Doctors, Too, Ask: Is This Drug Right? (NY Times, free reg. req'd) Across the country, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs ...

David Levy, a professor in the University of Washington's School of Information, believes he may have witnessed the first-ever interruption-by-e-mail. It happened back in the '70s, when he worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research ...

What to do if you overdo There are some tricks to avoid holiday overindulgence "Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation" - Ben Franklin I have this friend, who will remain nameless. Let's ...

The National Institutes of Health proposed back in September 2004 mandated Open Access for all NIH-funded research. The Science Commons project was created to encourage scientific innovation by making it easier ...

It's the end of the year, so it makes sense that we discuss how to make those New Year's resolutions come true (for a change!). If you're serious about keeping those resolutions, then you'll ...

Mice whose brains lack a specific protein react differently to stress than other mice, possibly offering a clue into the source of human depression, researchers at Washington University said in a study released Monday. The ...

Asia disaster toll near 60,000 Stricken Indian Ocean nations are worked swiftly to bury thousands of bodies as experts warn disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush ...

We all formulate questions based upon the answer we want to hear. Isn't that that the truth? You see, there, I formulated a question in such a way as to make the response inevitably a "Yes." In ...

Treating Childhood Anxiety Prevents Adult Disorders Panic disorders, phobias and other childhood anxiety conditions should be treated during childhood so that they won't be carried over into adulthood, according to advice in the latest Harvard ...

To Treat Autism, Parents Take a Leap of Faith (NY Times, free reg. req'd)) The most recent analysis of treatment research, financed by the National Institutes of Health and scheduled to be published next year, ...

Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth Boosting people's sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, research shows that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior. A great article ...