Patients with orthopedic and autoimmune conditions expect Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)–because of its leadership role–to deliver the highest quality care. To further accomplish this mission, HSS is announcing the creation of a Quality Research Center with an innovative structure for applying research methodologies to health-care quality issues.

If you’re going to hurl yourself down a mountain at speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour you’d better have a strong core. That’s why Olympians like Ted Ligety, Lindsey Vonn and Sara Schleper work on developing strong “core” muscles all season long.

Do you make the same mistakes in love over and over again? For example, do you always seem to pick the wrong partner or always experience the same negative romantic outcome? If so, you need to understand your developmental history of love and break the pattern, according to Dr. Mark Beitel, [...]

Eating rhubarb baked in a crumble is not only tasty it may also be the best way to take advantage of its health benefits, and could lead to the development of new cancer treatments.
Researchers have found that baking British garden rhubarb for 20 minutes dramatically increases its levels of anti-cancerous chemicals. The [...]

Cornel Sultan, assistant professor of aerospace and ocean engineering at Virginia Tech, is the latest faculty member at the university to learn he has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.