Late last year, the American Pilots Association persuaded the TSA to allow pilots exemption from screening by full-body scanners. Captain Dave Bates, president of the association, argued that pilots "experience significantly higher exposure than most other occupations, and there is mounting evidence of higher-than-average cancer rates as a consequence." (1)

How'd everybody get so busy? It feels like the fast-forward button's stuck on, like the treadmill's been turned up.

I recently gave my students at Scripps College an assignment to act out scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and they were unable to find a time outside class to rehearse....

Arianna's challenge to make sleep a priority inspired a lively and much-needed discussion. When I wrote Insomniac, I felt like a lone voice decrying the dangers of sleep deprivation, and the toll sleep loss takes on our minds, bodies and moods. As any insomniac...

Those of us who have trouble sleeping get tired of hearing the same old advice, the same half dozen rules we read everywhere. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, and big meals late at night. Don't exercise or engage in stimulating activities near bedtime, such as reading or watching TV in bed. Try...

If you're in the sleep medication business, these are not bad times economically: sales of sleep meds are up. But if you're a person facing the question, to med or not to med, you may be confused. Advertising assures us that there's little danger from sleep meds, but the scare...