Dawn MacKeen

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  • Letters to the editor

    Are cutting-edge schizophrenia treatments just old news? Plus: News flash -- online pornographers are "shady" characters; misguided fighters in the Battle of Seattle.
    Letters to the editor December 7, 1999

  • The outer limits of schizophrenia treatment

    Researchers are treating teenagers for schizophrenia before they are diagnosed. Some bioethicists think that's insane.
    By Dawn MacKeen December 1, 1999

  • Hospital chic

    Ricky Martin, Cindy Crawford and Kelsey Grammer help doctors cure their fashion woes.
    By Dawn MacKeen November 2, 1999

  • Woe is HMO

    Proponents of liability legislation argue that the only way to change managed care's behavior is to threaten it with lawsuits.
    By Dawn MacKeen October 14, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Make men deal with birth control; race, music and Macy Gray; Lycos should run "Jews for Jesus" ads.
    Letters to the Editor August 18, 1999

  • Brave new world?

    Some researchers say we're on the cusp of a contraceptive revolution. Carl Djerassi, the father of the Pill, doesn't think so.
    By Dawn MacKeen August 11, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Overdosing on "ecstasy" scare stories; why are female sportswriters whining?
    Letters to the Editor July 14, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Schoolyard cowboys don't know guns aren't toys; don't let a man (even Updike) pick the best romances.
    Letters to the Editor June 8, 1999

  • Is meat sexy?

    Vegetarians may not be getting enough zinc -- or lovin'.
    By Dawn MacKeen June 1, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Waldron's baby wasn't "nursed to death"; readers clash on condom ban.
    Letters to the Editor May 27, 1999

  • Death sentence?

    By making condoms contraband, prisons may be exacerbating the AIDS health crisis.
    By Dawn MacKeen May 20, 1999

  • Journal wars

    Will the debut of Medscape General Medicine, the first online publication of its kind, change the way health news is delivered?
    By Dawn MacKeen April 19, 1999

  • Heartburn or cardiac arrest?

    A cardiologist offers the first proof that his little-used test for heart attacks not only could save lives but billions of dollars.
    By Dawn MacKeen April 12, 1999

  • Researchers find humor's "G-spot"

    Two Toronto scientists have found that people with damage in their right frontal lobes have a hard time comprehending elaborate jokes.
    By -- Dawn MacKeen April 7, 1999

  • Don't go near the mountains

    By Dawn MacKeen January 30, 1999

  • Savvy tips for holiday travelers

    When can you actually demand money from an airline? Where can you find low-cost holiday fares? Christopher McGinnis knows.
    By Dawn Mackeen November 5, 1998

  • Creeps on campus

    Do bad guys have a right to higher education?
    By Dawn McKeen October 9, 1998

  • Don't stand so close to me

    The Supreme Court ruling to protect school districts from liability in sexual harassment cases leaves students to protect themselves.
    By Dawn MacKeen June 30, 1998

  • Hot Flash: Nursing death

    When a breast-fed infant dies from malnutrition, is the mother to blame?
    By Dawn MacKeen June 16, 1998

  • Infant Revolution

    Nike's labor practices have motivated a wave of youth activism, but where do these children get their ideas?
    By Dawn MacKeen May 29, 1998

  • Salon Mothers Who Think | Not waiting to inhale

    Controversial former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders talks about Big Tobacco's slick marketing campaigns, a new study showing that smoking among black teens is on the rise and why, despite everything, she believes President Clinton's private life should remain just that -- private.
    By Dawn MacKeen April 9, 1998

  • Banking on poor women

    Muhammad Yunis, a former economics professor in Bangladesh, has an unprecedented vision for changing the lives of poor women all over the world.
    By Dawn MacKeen February 12, 1998

  • Tale of a flight from hell

    Dawn MacKeen's tale of a New York-Los Angeles flight where just about anything that could go wrong did.
    By Dawn MacKeen January 16, 1998

  • Bad news for G.I. Jane?

    In the wake of Aberdeen, a female military specialist suggests that separating men and women during basic training is not a women's rights issue, but a national security one.
    By Dawn MacKeen January 9, 1998

  • Porno for rugrats?

    Afraid of Web smut? Try parenting, not censoring.
    By Dawn MacKeen December 10, 1997
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