The Fairfax County teenager was candid with the social worker: When he was in jail two weeks earlier, he'd been hallucinating and thought people were turning into zombies.
The formula that doctors use to calculate a woman's risk of breast cancer underestimates the danger for black women most of the time and especially for those age 50 and older -- the age when they are most likely to benefit from screening tests and protective drugs, according to the first major...
Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
My friend Rachel and I are pumped because we get to see Ang Lee's new movie free of charge. There's a hitch, though: Instead of passes, we have to bring medallions to the theater, and we can't just hand these over at the door. We must wear them on our noses, embedded in our flesh. A free flick is...
Okay, so what if Santa's a fat slob? Just because he has earned the right doesn't mean we have. As you work through your shopping list, here are a few ideas to keep friends and loved ones off the couch as we head into the new year, whether they are techno-geeks or old school. Enjoy the season, go...
New findings that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may stem from a developmental delay that children could outgrow, rather than a cognitive deficit, have raised questions for parents of the 4.4 million children diagnosed with the disorder.
Caffeinated potato chips. Caffeinated soap. What's next, caffeinated lip balm? Well, yes: It's called Spazzstick. It seems the 85 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed morning joe isn't enough. Blame it on high-carb lunches and/or inertia at the job, or maybe the fact that...
For those who find the vast array of high-tech hardware that fills the National Air and Space Museum overwhelming -- not to mention the constant hordes that fill the cavernous expanse -- a more serene and equally informative scientific experience is available less than a mile away at the largely...
The first statistics ever amassed on HIV in the District, released today in a sweeping report, reveal "a modern epidemic" remarkable for its size, complexity and reach into all parts of the city.
The Food and Drug Administration has given a Seattle company permission to resume its human tests of an experimental, gene-based arthritis treatment whose safety came into question this summer after a 36-year-old study participant died.
JERUSALEM -- When Ali Qleibo was born in Jerusalem, his home was under Jordanian control. It was 1953, and not far away stretched the bleak gash of barbed wire, concrete walls and minefields that cut the city into Jewish and Arab halves.
ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Regis Mohawks a voice in enforcing federal air quality rules on the tribe's reservation in northern New York, following a five-year review.
WASHINGTON -- Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.
