Penicillin Comes Of Age In 'A Fierce Radiance'

It's hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee-- but that's what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer's new novel, A Fierce Radiance , follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce life-saving drugs during the Second World War.

Six myths about good posture and your health

When most people think of good posture, they think of shoulders pulled back, head held high, chin up and back flat.

Wounds of a modern war - amputations, brain trauma - harm troops' families too

The simple, sweet pleasure of a father playing with his child doesn't come easily to Army veteran Pisey Tan. Tan is among the 38,497 U.S. service members wounded in action in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom .

Wounds of a modern war - amputations, brain trauma - harm troops' families too

The simple, sweet pleasure of a father playing with his child doesn't come easily to Army veteran Pisey Tan. His two aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber prostheses - one leg was amputated above the knee, the other below - move stiffly under his baggy jeans as he bends over, puts his hands on the floor, then slides his legs backward until he can set himself down.

Medical-marijuana advocates seek society's approval

The liquid inside the test tube is neon green, the color of lime Kool-Aid or the mad-scientist potions found only in comic books. Perhaps it's fitting, then, that the contents come with a whiff of danger.