News & Politics What’s In the Water We Drink? Washington’s tap water meets or exceeds federal water-quality standards. But new, emerging pollutants are not removed by current water-purification technology. Could these be linked to alarming increases in obesity, diabetes, autism, and more? People | Jul 18, 2012
News & Politics Coming Back: Battling the Invisible Wounds of War Military men and women now are returning with brain injuries that would have been fatal in earlier times. Here's how the nation's warriors and the medical teams that treat them are fighting these unseen battles. Health | Sep 12, 2011
News & Politics Soldiers Take One Step at a Time with Prosthetic Limbs More than 1,200 members of the US military have lost arms and legs in Middle East fighting in the decade since 9/11. Amazing advances in technology—plus extraordinary courage and determination—are helping these wounded warriors make their way back People | Aug 1, 2011
Health Advances in Prosthetic Technology Are Helping Robotic Limbs Acts More Like Natural Ones The Afghanistan and Iraq wars are spurring developments that would have been the stuff of Science Fiction in the 1990's Well+Being, Health | Jul 28, 2011
News & Politics The Saving of the President It was one of the most dramatic stories in the city's history. Here is what really happened—plus what doctors and nurses remember from that fateful day. People | Mar 10, 2011
News & Politics Little Hearts For centuries, the human heart remained off limits to surgery. Now, medical advances permit miracles in even the smallest of spaces. Health | Feb 2, 2011
News & Politics Are You Really What You Eat? Scientists are discovering more about the relationship among genes, diet, and health. Health | Apr 1, 2010
News & Politics Changing Lives An accident took away Ed Eckenhoff’s athletic dreams but made him use his mind to lead a full life and help others. People | Dec 1, 2009
News & Politics A Rescue in Bethesda The fire broke out without warning, deadly smoke filled the house, and three sleeping kids were trapped upstairs. Here’s the extraordinary story of their rescue and remarkable recovery. People | Aug 1, 2009
News & Politics Trouble in the ER Emergency medicine is better here than in many parts of the country, but you still can wait many hours in a local hospital ER. And the problems our ERs face are getting dangerously worse. People | Apr 1, 2009
