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The end of menstruation The end of menstruation

The drug Lybrel promises to free women from their monthly curse. But today it's a sales pitch that seems hopelessly outdated.
  • My mom has halitosis!

    My mother's breath stinks but I'm afraid to mention it!
  • My big fat obnoxious former self

    I'm glad I don't weigh 571 pounds anymore. But I miss my big-girl righteousness and bravado.
  • Sick on the beach

    When you have no vacation days left, it's time to kill off beloved members of your virtual family.
  • Shameful emissions

    The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance.
  • The tooth will out

    Fluoride proponents and foes battle over conflicting scientific claims -- and the attention of voters
  • Life under the hole in the sky

    For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future.
  • Dead or alive?

    A military biowarfare training program alarms nearby residents -- especially when the Army can't keep its story straight.
  • There's more at stake than Roe vs. Wade

    From clinic access to anti-abortion terrorism, the next president -- whoever he is -- will have a profound effect on a woman's right to choose.
  • Draculas of everyday life

    Energy vampires suck you dry and leave you depleted -- and not just on Halloween
  • Instruments of death

    Eight Louisiana surgery patients are exposed to a mysterious fatal illness despite sterilized equipment.
  • A cure worse than the disease?

    Fearing sickness and debilitation, startling numbers of American troops are refusing to take mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
  • The vagina dialogues

    Hundreds of doctors gather in Boston for their annual gabfest about women's sexual dysfunction -- but some of their colleagues say they're misguided.
  • Fighting for treatment

    These days, having cancer isn't enough to get you into the hospital -- you have to really be sick.
  • Gore or Bush? Who cares? Not environmentalists

    After eight dispiriting years of Clinton-Gore, frustrated green groups are targeting corporations instead.
  • The buzz about blow jobs

    A study now underway hopes to isolate risk factors of transmitting HIV through oral sex.
  • Save your life: Sing in drag

    How a high-powered Harvard-trained lawyer found health and happiness by donning fabulous dresses.
  • America's sick healthcare system

    A compelling PBS documentary explores the mess that Al Gore and George W. Bush refuse to confront.
  • Drug war politics

    The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories?
  • The drug war's Tweedledee

    Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
  • Covering up the breast

    The National Cancer Institute decides not to publicize the results of a publicly funded implant study. What's the deal?
  • Designer babies?

    Pediatrician and ethicist Joel Frader says that just because a family has had a child to provide a bone-marrow transplant for an ailing daughter, it doesn't mean custom-ordered kids are right around the corner.
  • Magnetic headbangers

    It sounds like science fiction, but the stimulation of an electrified paddle may be enough to end your blues.
  • Pain in the brain

    The good news? The hurt is all in your mind. The bad news? The hurt is all in your mind.
  • RU-486 gets FDA approval

    The "abortion pill" moves a woman's choice into the home. Will anti-abortion forces follow?
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