The drug Lybrel promises to free women from their monthly curse. But today it's a sales pitch that seems hopelessly outdated.
By Tracy Clark-Flory Feb 4, 2008
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My mother's breath stinks but I'm afraid to mention it!
By Cary Tennis
January 14, 2009
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I'm glad I don't weigh 571 pounds anymore. But I miss my big-girl righteousness and bravado.
By Rebecca Golden
August 8, 2006
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When you have no vacation days left, it's time to kill off beloved members of your virtual family.
By David Vernon
November 10, 2000
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The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance.
By Stephen L. Cohen
November 7, 2000
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Fluoride proponents and foes battle over conflicting scientific claims -- and the attention of voters
By Randy Dotinga
November 6, 2000
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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.
By Dawn MacKeen
November 3, 2000
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A military biowarfare training program alarms nearby residents -- especially when the Army can't keep its story straight.
By Terry J. Allen
November 2, 2000
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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.
By Carole Joffe
October 31, 2000
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Energy vampires suck you dry and leave you depleted -- and not just on Halloween
By Christine Schoefer
October 30, 2000
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Eight Louisiana surgery patients are exposed to a mysterious fatal illness despite sterilized equipment.
By Terry Allen
October 29, 2000
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Fearing sickness and debilitation, startling numbers of American troops are refusing to take mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
By Arthur Allen
October 27, 2000
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Hundreds of doctors gather in Boston for their annual gabfest about women's sexual dysfunction -- but some of their colleagues say they're misguided.
By Barbara Raab
October 26, 2000
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These days, having cancer isn't enough to get you into the hospital -- you have to really be sick.
By J.B. Orenstein
October 24, 2000
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After eight dispiriting years of Clinton-Gore, frustrated green groups are targeting corporations instead.
By Arthur Allen
October 23, 2000
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A study now underway hopes to isolate risk factors of transmitting HIV through oral sex.
By David Tuller
October 20, 2000
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How a high-powered Harvard-trained lawyer found health and happiness by donning fabulous dresses.
By Ben Schatz
October 17, 2000
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A compelling PBS documentary explores the mess that Al Gore and George W. Bush refuse to confront.
By Beatrice Motamedi
October 16, 2000
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The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories?
By Arthur Allen
October 12, 2000
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Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
By Arthur Allen
October 10, 2000
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The National Cancer Institute decides not to publicize the results of a publicly funded implant study. What's the deal?
By Denise Dowling
October 9, 2000
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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.
By Leah Kohlenberg
October 5, 2000
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It sounds like science fiction, but the stimulation of an electrified paddle may be enough to end your blues.
By Andreas Killen
October 3, 2000
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The good news? The hurt is all in your mind. The bad news? The hurt is all in your mind.
By Lynn O'Dell
October 2, 2000
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The "abortion pill" moves a woman's choice into the home. Will anti-abortion forces follow?
By Cary Barbor
September 29, 2000
The end of menstruation
My mom has halitosis!
My big fat obnoxious former self
Sick on the beach
Shameful emissions
The tooth will out
Life under the hole in the sky
Dead or alive?
There's more at stake than Roe vs. Wade
Draculas of everyday life
A cure worse than the disease?
The vagina dialogues
Fighting for treatment
Gore or Bush? Who cares? Not environmentalists
The buzz about blow jobs
Save your life: Sing in drag
America's sick healthcare system
Drug war politics
The drug war's Tweedledee
Covering up the breast
Designer babies?
Magnetic headbangers
Pain in the brain
RU-486 gets FDA approval
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