Health

Q&A: Safety tips for summer activities

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I love to be outdoors. I enjoy running, hiking and swimming. Often in the summer, I take my family camping, and we go kayaking, canoeing and do other activities. With the temperatures anticipated to be above ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Making backup plans can be a self-fulfilling prophecy

Is having a Plan B always a good idea? Or can these 'safety nets' actually make you less likely to achieve your goals? Psychologists from the University of Zurich propose a new theoretical framework for studying the effects ...

Health

Floods render NYC hospitals powerless

(AP)—There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York.