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In the face of new technology allowing scientists to manipulate genes in human embryos, how will we move forward?

The history of a small town in Pennsylvania offers a timeless lesson on the importance of social support for both physical and mental well-being.

Loneliness isn’t just about being alone or feeling friendless. It’s now recognized as a potentially fatal condition that millions suffer from.

With a glut of information at our fingertips, three authors not only discuss the challenge of determining whom we can trust but also offer some helpful guidelines.

That sports, conventionally seen as promoting health, should be deemed a cause of death raises serious ethical questions.

Synthetic chemicals have become embedded in all aspects of our lives. What will it take to reverse their toxic effect—on our bodies and on our world?

We’ve all seen headlines about the dangers inherent in social media. Is it time to delete all your accounts?

Insight Video: Our food supply may well become the greatest challenge of the century. And directly linked to it are dwindling global water reserves. Will we have enough of either to survive? Each of us holds the key.

Immortality may not be an option, but can degeneration and the terrors of aging be lessened or even eliminated? These authors think so.

We all know we have a “body clock” and that it’s slowly winding down. But researchers are learning more about just what that means.

Neurobiologist Michael Fossel explains how people’s healthy life spans can be extended and how he believes Alzheimer’s will soon be cured.

How you read the title of this article may say something about your view of failure—and about the likelihood of your eventual success.

Disease epidemics were once explained as expressions of God’s implacable anger over our sinful human nature. Then came modern science.

Success is often viewed as the attainment of wealth, fame or power. By that measure, however, most of us will never succeed. What is success, and is there any way to guarantee it?

Do we understand and appreciate one of our most basic natural resources—the soil that sustains life itself? Vision interviews Deborah Koons Garcia.

Are saturated fats as harmful as we have been led to believe? Saturated fat, it seems, deserves another chance.

The best approach to achieve optimum heart health is through lifestyle changes that address the cause of the problems associated with heart disease.

Clinical psychologist Enrico Gnaulati speaks with Vision’s Gina Stepp regarding the astronomical increase in young children diagnosed with mental disorders over the past decade.

Insight Video: Abuse of topsoil and soil erosion are growing problems around the world; without healthy soil, we can’t produce healthy food. It’s a global issue, yet the solution is essentially local.