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Dentists are donning head-to-toe protective equipment, switching to laser instruments and taking other steps to reassure patients that it's safe to get back in the chair. At Dr. Todd Bertman's [...]

Q. How effective are antimicrobial ''courtesy masks'' at preventing the spread of contagious airborne illnesses? A. The best evidence suggests that, when sick, wearing a mask can help to protect [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Olympic boxing has taken on a new look. In the 2016 Summer Games, there is a revised point system, the inclusion of a number of professional [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. -- In a game with so many tall people, you might expect a little more leg. But basketball players increasingly cover their lower bodies, mostly out of fashion, [...]

Doctors treating Ebola patients while wearing ''the full spacesuit'' -- protective gear, including waterproof hoods -- are struggling with a clinician's dilemma: what to do if they can't use one [...]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It goes by names like cowboy collar and butterfly restrictor, can look like a cut-up life preserver, a miniature washboard or a tube of cookie dough [...]

Skiers, beware: you're exposed to more ultraviolet radiation than you think. Hot chocolate at midday -- preferably somewhere shady -- may be a good idea. Scientists studying sun safety took [...]

Police departments issue their officers Kevlar vests to stop bullets, and thick helmets and even shields to protect them from bottles and bricks. But there is nothing in the equipment […]

These days, basketball players are prepared to take a fall. Many N.B.A. and college players wear thigh pads and chest pads beneath their loose-fitting uniforms, and their numbers have steadily […]

BEFORE surfing became synonymous with cool, only bona fide surfers were stoked about rash guards, close-fitting shirts that protect stomachs from irritation while paddling. 'Today very few people who buy […]

On a narrow Tokyo street, near a beef bowl restaurant and a pachinko parlor, Aya Tsukioka demonstrated new clothing designs that she hopes will ease Japan's growing fears of crime. […]

DESPITE all the attention given to anthrax and smallpox and potential weapons of mass destruction, pandemic influenza is probably the world's most serious near-term public health threat. If a strain […]