Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.

Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.

Here are thematic debates, minus the candidates, that you can take in via your computer.

Tainted infant formulas point to a problem in the way society values moms.

Investments in health, one of the largest segments of the U.S. economy, have been stagnating — and could be poised to actually take a big hit.

Featured blog: Sixty-one Nobel laureates sign a letter explaining why they support Barack Obama's run for the presidency.

Featured blog: Data from the vast majority of human cancer trials never get published, a new study finds — and that's not a good thing.

Featured blog: When it comes to attitudes about climate change, the chasm between Democrats and Republicans is wide. Political-polling analysts speculate that a McCain win in November might do more than an Obama victory to win over the minds of climate-change skeptics.

A new petition developed to lobby the presidential candidates argues that increased federal investments in basic energy research are essential.

Here are a few names from the teams of advisers counseling the presidential candidates.

Big action and big bucks are needed to deal with the United States' energy problems, research leaders argued today.

Featured blog: John McCain weighs in on science and technology issues with long-awaited written responses to the Science Debate 2008.