Arthur Allen

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  • Foil-wrapped folly

    What's wrong with requiring condom wrappers to carry a warning about a cancer-causing virus? Second of two parts.
    By Arthur Allen July 24, 2000

  • Does "safe sex" really exist?

    Condoms don't protect against all STDs. Social conservatives, goaded by George W. Bush, are taking advantage of that little-known fact. First of two parts.
    By Arthur Allen July 21, 2000

  • Vaginal detergent

    Can a germ-killing suppository like Biofem's Inner Confidence protect women against HIV?
    By Arthur Allen June 26, 2000

  • Flesh and blood and DNA

    A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots.
    By Arthur Allen May 12, 2000

  • Listening to DNA

    The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic.
    By Arthur Allen May 1, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Readers take their best shot at vaccination controversy. Plus: Horowitz needs to learn ABCs of education; baseball seats are for the rich.
    April 21, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Author Joe McGinniss says Janet Malcolm's opus is "riddled with errors." Plus: "Freaks and Geeks" is head of the class; should genes be patented?
    Letters to the editor March 9, 2000

  • Shrinks and con men

    An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers.
    By Arthur Allen February 28, 2000

  • The woman without a country

    Chile's government would like the world to believe its justice system is fair and democratic. Why then has it suppressed a book exposing widespread corruption in that system and forced its author into exile in Miami?
    By Alejandra Matus January 4, 2000

  • Bill Gates pledges $4 billion for third-world medicines

    Vaccines are not unlike software: They require a big investment up front, but then they're cheap to make.
    By Arthur Allen December 14, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Walsh doesn't understand blacks' progress, or their frustration; how do we fight antibiotics' failure?
    Letters to the Editor June 18, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Camryn Manheim's flawed world; I'm afraid of my anthrax shots.
    Letters to the Editor May 24, 1999

  • Cruel blows

    Can medical technology save boxers from brain death?
    By Arthur Allen April 30, 1999

  • Heal thyself.com

    As wired patients go online for medical help, the question is: Can a little knowledge be a dangerous thing?
    By Arthur Allen April 13, 1999

  • Che and Diana: The Shocking Untold Story

    In a book proposal for his autobiography, Cuba's maximum leader Fidel Castro outs his brother, calls Robert Kennedy a "complete fool" and compares Che Guevara to Princess Diana.
    By Arthur Allen October 14, 1997

  • readin', ritin' and ritalin

    Do psychoactive drugs really help children -- or just make them fit in?
    By Arthur Allen July 16, 1997
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