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The survivalist's guide to do-it-yourself medicine
Come the apocalypse, who will fill your prescriptions?
By Mary Roach Dec 17, 1999
Word doctor
A Harvard physician believes poetry can soothe and even heal his patients.
By Rafael Campo, M.D. Dec 8, 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
Tell me where it hurts
Is it ethical for a doctor-turned-writer to use his patients for material?
By Amy O'Connor Nov 15, 1999
Backwoods E.R.
In these parts, you meet your neighbors one crisis at a time.
By Mike Perry Nov 11, 1999
Letters to the Editor
Is it better to be food-obsessed than fat and happy? Plus: Trolling for errors in "Dutch"; hip-hop merits not less scrutiny, but greater intellectual rigor.
Letters to the Editor Nov 10, 1999
Orgasms and outrage
Experts on female sexual dysfunction gather in Boston and dance with their shirts off.
By Barbara Raab Oct 28, 1999
Shot in the arm
Flu shots are being given in casinos, grocery stores and Target stores.
By Damien Cave Oct 27, 1999
Spin doctoring
Expectations about your health or illness can cause reality to follow suit.
By Susan McCarthy Jul 15, 1999
Scary as hell
People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs.
By Arthur Allen Jun 11, 1999
Cutting into sacred territory
A Navajo medical student faces one of the strongest taboos of her culture -- touching the dead.
By Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt Jun 9, 1999
Thought-activated computing
Thought-activated computing: By Sam Witt and Sean Durkin. The cyberpunk vision of a brain/computer interface becomes real -- as a boon for the paralyzed.
By Sam Witt And Sean Durkin Nov 23, 1998
21st: Six clicks from death
When you're facing a strange new illness, the wealth of medical information online can help. It can also drive you crazy.
By Cynthia Joyce May 24, 1997
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