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Hospitals around the country have started offering deeply discounted CT scans for smokers worried about lung cancer.Their pitches point to recent findings that screening current or former heavy smokers with CT scans before they show symptoms of lung cancer could modestly reduce their risk of dying f

Our colleague over at NPR's foreign desk, Corey Flintoff, filed this radio piece for today's Morning Edition on a rich tradition in India of making and chewing spice and nut packets wrapped in betel leaves called paan.

Call it a reaction to high food prices, food recalls, and a bad economy. Or just call it retro chic.

It's been another tough week for food safety.Another 30 people nationwide, including one who later died, were infected with the antibiotic-resistant strain of salmonella tied to ground turkey processed and later recalled by food giant Cargill.

The Boston hospital that gave Charla Nash a new face in May has released the first post-surgery photo of the transplant's results.Nash's face was mauled by an out-of-control chimpanzee in 2009.

People with knee arthritis are doing a lousy job of getting exercise, according to a new study. That's not a huge surprise. Who wants to run with aching knees? It's human nature to want to coddle aches, not exercise them.But exercise is actually good medicine for osteoarthritis.