Outlook

Results ready in minutes and more efficacious drugs will help find and treat the hundreds of millions of carriers.

The scourge of the hepatitis C virus in the United States is woefully underestimated. Brian R. Edlin reckons it's time the infection is given the priority it demands.

It's the simple things in life that sometimes mean the most to people— and do the most good.

Drugs to prevent cancer are clearly possible despite some early missteps, says Michael B. Sporn. Restoring the cooperative ethos of decades past will help get us there.

Successful prevention requires attacking the causes, says Stephen S. Hecht—and the main target remains tobacco.

Vaccines are arguably our greatest medical achievement. But to what extent can they help prevent cancer?

Finding the right food to help reduce our chances of cancer can be a maze. But ongoing studies and a little inventive cooking might point us in the right direction.

Being able to determine an individual's chances of developing cancer will greatly improve risk management strategies and recruitment to clinical trials.

There's more to the genetic causes of cancer than sequence mutations. This added complexity could offer scientists an opportunity to tackle cancer even earlier.

Despite our relative wealth of knowledge about the causes of cancer, the disease persists — and the burden is worsening. Prevention demands political will, ample funding and a change in mindset.

The sooner a cancer is found, the better. New technologies are pushing the limits of detection — towards the frontier of prevention.

Combinations of drugs are showing some promise as therapeutic agents that stop cancer before it starts.

Diet-directed evolution shaped our brains, but whether it was meat or tubers, or their preparation, that spurred our divergence from other primates remains a matter of hot debate.

The pioneers of nutrition research determined the energy content of food and also helped to overturn misconceptions about various diseases that plagued humankind.

Genetic studies of people conceived during famine reveals that prenatal malnutrition lingers long after the event.

Health biomarkers, smart technology and social networks are hastening an era of nutrition tailored to your individual needs but relying on information generated by the crowd.

Research on the contents of milk and how breast-feeding benefits a growing child is surprising scientists.