HEALTH

Prostate cancer hits black men especially hard

MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African American airport executive here, isn't afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. More »

Packing a healthy lunch

School mornings are stressful enough as it is. Getting the kids ready for school, making sure homework is packed and catching the bus can feel like an entire day of its own. But before sending them off to school, you should consider what you packed for their lunch, and more importantly, how you packed it. More »

Adolescent Health

Robertho Gay is a 16-year-old junior at Codman Academy Charter Public School. He gets up at 4 a.m. to hit the gym before school, and his extracurricular activities and homework keep him up later than he'd like. But he's not really worried about his schedule. "Not a lot really bothers me," he said. More »

Honesty at heart of good medical partnership

Dr. Julien Dedier, a doctor of internal medicine at Boston Medical Center, readily admits that much has changed in medicine over the years, especially among primary care physicians (PCPs). More »