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At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.”

Yoga enthusiasts seeking social outlets without smoke, drugs and (sometimes) alcohol are turning to parties that combine live music, raw food and chants.

Robert Sturman, an artist from Santa Monica, Calif., has traveled around the world painting and photographing landscapes, musicians and athletes. But it is the study of yoga that has triggered one of the most creative periods of his career.

Shoppers at farmers’ markets may come across green garlic, which has been harvested early, before the cloves have matured. The Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers five new ways to cook with green garlic.

In 2007, a trial of an AIDS vaccine made by Merck was stopped early when it became clear that it was not protecting everyone. Now a follow-up study has confirmed the worst fears of researchers.

This hearty noodle dish makes good use of the season’s best vegetables.

Prochymal, developed by Osiris Therapeutics, is a preparation of mesenchymal stem cells, which are obtained from the bone marrow of healthy young adult donors.

A group of young feminists is campaigning against digitally retouched photographs in a teen magazine.

Because the mutations are so rare, costly studies involving large numbers of patients would be needed to identify their role in each disease.

The Justice Department and the United States attorney’s office in Massachusetts have closed their investigation related to the orthopedic product Infuse, Medtronic said.

I’ve left the isolation of the hospital after my bone marrow transplant and no longer need to be connected to IVs around the clock. I’m enjoying my freedom, but cancer continues to dictate my choices, writes Suleika Jaouad.

Some research suggests that people who frequently update their Facebook status are more likely to exhibit narcissistic traits, but the social medium of choice for the self-absorbed may actually be Twitter.

In a small clinical trial, six months of treatment with the drug Zytiga, added to standard therapy, eliminated or nearly eliminated tumors in about one-third of men whose disease had not yet spread beyond the prostate gland.

For cancer patients, marijuana is a medical and a human rights issue. New York should pass the medical marijuana bill this year.