A '70s icon and pinup queen, she redefined beauty -- and allowed us to glimpse the ugliness of her cancer
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Jun 25, 2009
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I knew I had to leave home to make my own life, but my past seems to follow me everywhere.
By Cary Tennis
April 10, 2009
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery on Thursday. One doctor assesses the risks.
By Robert Burton
February 6, 2009
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After he experienced a seizure last weekend, doctors discovered that the Massachusetts senator has a malignant brain tumor.
By Alex Koppelman
May 20, 2008
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Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.
By Gary Kamiya
March 18, 2008
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One chum is working on a cure for cancer; one has started his own political party. All this overachieving is giving me status anxiety.
By Cary Tennis
December 4, 2008
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He seems to believe that when I travel I must be sleeping with my boss.
By Cary Tennis
September 4, 2008
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Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures?
By Cary Tennis
August 19, 2008
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Ever since her sister was attacked, and I survived cancer, she's been so anxious!
By Cary Tennis
July 28, 2008
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Cancer changed everything. I need a new paradigm.
By Cary Tennis
July 2, 2008
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We're mostly online friends, and I'm kind of shy. I care but do not want to intrude.
By Cary Tennis
February 15, 2008
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I moved to Colorado but could move back if I had to.
By Cary Tennis
February 6, 2008
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Some scientists suggest that folic acid -- known for preventing birth defects -- may come with a downside.
By Catherine Price
January 29, 2008
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If chemo fails, there's always positive thinking, or so we'd like to believe. Medical historian Anne Harrington looks at our persistent faith in curing ourselves.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
January 26, 2008
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The Booby Wall collects photos of women's bare breasts to raise breast cancer awareness.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
January 11, 2008
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Are oral contraceptives a risky proposition for some women?
By Carol Lloyd
November 8, 2007
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Drop that bronzer: There may be a benefit to baking in the sun.
By Carol Lloyd
October 30, 2007
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Can diet soda, cellphones and makeup give you cancer? The author of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer" discusses the health risks of, well, living.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 8, 2007
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Are women's lifestyles killing them?
By Eryn Loeb
October 3, 2007
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I was fed up with this woman. Then she got her diagnosis.
By Cary Tennis
October 3, 2007
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Cancer: "Sexy"? And more.
By Lynn Harris
August 29, 2007
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By the time you read this, she'll probably be gone. Why couldn't I be by her side?
By Cary Tennis
July 25, 2007
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On her confrontation with Ann Coulter, why she backs gay marriage -- and why Edwards is a better choice for women than Hillary Clinton.
By Joan Walsh
July 17, 2007
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Promising news for women with BRCA mutations.
By Page Rockwell
July 13, 2007
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Doctors have artificially matured egg cells harvested from prepubescent girls. Great advance for cancer patients, or ethical nightmare in the making?
By Page Rockwell
July 2, 2007
Remembering Farrah
Mom is alcoholic, Dad is dead: Why do I feel so alone?
How bad is pancreatic cancer?
Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor
Of war and cancer
Is there such a thing as too much folic acid?
Minding our health
Life will kill you
The Salon Interview: Elizabeth Edwards
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald