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My mom left my dad in a nursing home and lied about his chances of coming home: He thought he'd be returning home to die. But she just strung him along until he was gone.; By Cary Tennis Aug 22, 2008
I escaped death -- and now I want to live!: Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures?; By Cary Tennis Aug 19, 2008
My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face!: I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it!; By Cary Tennis Jul 3, 2008
Hospital, USA: This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm.; By Laura Miller May 6, 2008
Should I move back to Wisconsin because my mother has cancer?: I moved to Colorado but could move back if I had to.; By Cary Tennis Feb 6, 2008
Is there sexism in lifesaving?: A study reveals a gender bias in intensive care treatment.; Carol Lloyd Nov 15, 2007
Will my family drag us down?: My wife and I could live anywhere and have great success as doctors, but my mother and sister are ill and need help at home.; By Cary Tennis Oct 16, 2007
How can I ditch my bitchy friend now that she has cancer?: I was fed up with this woman. Then she got her diagnosis.; By Cary Tennis Oct 3, 2007
The Beautiful Hospital: In "House," impossibly gorgeous physicians miraculously diagnose rare diseases in every episode. Where I work as a nurse, in the Ordinary Hospital, sometimes there's not even a doctor in the house.; By Sallie Tisdale Apr 4, 2007
Stewart on Walter Reed: Welcome home ... to hell.; By David Puner Mar 6, 2007
Hatching a plan: Anonymous baby hatches save the lives of unwanted infants -- but what about those infants' desperate mothers?; Carol Lloyd Nov 9, 2006
Breast is best in Massachusetts: Hospitals to stop sending new moms home with formula freebies.; Lynn Harris Dec 21, 2005
Baghdad's shame: Babies die daily of treatable diseases while their doctors search for black-market drugs, because the U.S can't fix Iraq's corrupt, crime-plagued health system.; By Brandon Sprague and Adam Shemper Aug 28, 2003
What happened to Iraq's army?: Nobody knows how many thousands of Iraqi soldiers were killed -- and the U.S. doesn't seem eager to let reporters find out.; By Ferry Biedermann Apr 22, 2003
Diary of a hospital application reader: "My Dead Relative," "My After-School Special," "Boo-Hoo" and other essays that might get you a job after medical school.; By Aran Kadar Feb 26, 2002
Bedside terror: This summer thousands of med school graduates will be unleashed on unsuspecting patients, and I know why the public should be scared.; By Jeff Drayer Jun 5, 2000
Born to pop pills: I have a well-chosen capsule for every occasion.; By Elissa Schappell Apr 20, 2000
The hardest question: Even after doing it hundreds of times, it's never easy to ask someone whether they want you to let them die.; By Jeff Drayer Mar 27, 2000
Who's watching the docs?: The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help.; By James B. Stewart Dec 1, 1999
Brave new world or future shock?: Medical scientists predict technologies such as animal-to-human organ transplants and toilets that send info to your doctor.; By Jon Bowen Nov 17, 1999
"Bringing Out the Dead": Scorsese's manic, well-acted paramedic pic needs a fast ride back to the E.R.; By Stephanie Zacharek Oct 22, 1999
"Paisley Girl": An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.; By Fran Gordon Oct 20, 1999
National Depression Screening Day: Are you one of the 19 million who will suffer from a depressive illness this year?; By Jon Bowen Oct 7, 1999
Separated by curtains, united by grief: In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries.; By Pamela Post Oct 1, 1999
Scary as hell: People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs.; By Arthur Allen Jun 11, 1999

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