Health

An exclusive survey reveals that ’layoff survivors’ avoided pink slips, but inherited more work—and illness.

DNA tests may pinpoint who should eat what to lose weight—and why we crave certain foods

Unlike chickens, ducks are born with a flu-fighting gene

The consequences of non-stop job stress include depression, weight gain and heart disease

A controversial new treatment for MS comes to Canada

The magic ingredient in the $525-a-jar cream sold at Saks and Harrods: viper venom

Sports injuries plague a generation that just won’t stop

On surgeons’ personality quirks, exploding patients and what really goes on in operating rooms

Natural selection is still at work

For night terrors on business trips, call the hotel front desk and don’t flaunt your meds