Second Opinion

Need to send your doctor a message? A new study suggests how you write it—not just what you say—may affect whether your doctor responds.

It's not the sniffles clogging our ERs. It's a hospital system with nowhere left to put people.

An A-minus isn't a crisis. But for some high achievers, it can feel like one. When does striving for excellence become something harmful?

American teens are anxious, exhausted, and getting too little sleep. Are phones really the whole problem—or should we also be looking at our culture of achievement?

They were conscientious objectors who refused to fight in World War II. So they found another way to serve: they offered their own bodies for dangerous medical experiments.

For 100 years we've been trying to kill mosquitoes. What if the real problem was us?

We've spent decades trying to kill mosquitoes. So why do they seem to be getting better at living with us?

You can bring doctors, laboratories, and protective equipment to an Ebola outbreak. But you can't ship trust in a box.

Who should make the final decision about your death?  You, your family, your doctor...or a disease that slowly takes away your mind?

Your body was built for a world that no longer exists — and that mismatch might be making you sick.