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Arrogant doctors criticize their patients who go online to research ailments. But they're wrong. The best health sites are a boon to patients and doctors alike.
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
January 10, 2008
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I sometimes have to leave the room it's so bad! Should I say something?
By Cary Tennis
January 7, 2008
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The most groundbreaking science is being done outside academia and government. And the egomaniacal geneticist is leading the way.
By Jonathon Keats
December 5, 2007
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Adrian Peterson is set to return, but should the Vikings have shut him down? And does the team's record figure into that decision?
November 27, 2007
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Are oral contraceptives a risky proposition for some women?
By Carol Lloyd
November 8, 2007
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A New Age doctor blames hypothyroidism on women's behavior.
By Carol Lloyd
October 25, 2007
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President Bush wants to leave American families to the mercy of profit-run healthcare -- a practical and moral failure.
By George Lakoff and Glenn W. Smith
October 20, 2007
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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
October 16, 2007
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At 17, my son was a funny, odd autistic boy. But a misdiagnosis turned him into a violent, unpredictable man, and drove our family to the brink.
By Ann Bauer
May 18, 2007
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An article in the Wall Street Journal questions whether it's inherently unhealthy to be born male.
By Catherine Price
April 24, 2007
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I'm not sure how much filial devotion I owe my father, now that he's talking about buying a rifle.
By Cary Tennis
April 4, 2007
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I wanted to die even before I got sick. But my family will kill me if I just give up hope!
By Cary Tennis
March 8, 2007
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I'm troubled by the ethical implications of taking money for my ova.
By Cary Tennis
January 25, 2007
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He did good work at first ... but I don't want the hands of a crazy man around my neck.
By Cary Tennis
January 18, 2007
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I want to serve others, but I don't want to be bored or uncomfortable doing it.
By Cary Tennis
January 4, 2007
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The 16th century alchemist known as Paracelsus was a drunken, foul-mouthed coot -- and the unlikely father of modern medicine.
By Ben Cosgrove
April 18, 2006
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In "The Monster at Our Door," "City of Quartz" author Mike Davis warns that urban poverty has created the perfect conditions for bird flu to kill millions of people.
By Joshuah Bearman
December 13, 2005
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When people put their bodies on the line in medical trials, can they be sure that scientists aren't cutting corners or preoccupied with stock prices?
By Ivan Oransky
August 2, 2001
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A researcher offers evidence that religion is good for your health. Too bad so much of it is bunk.
By Ivan Oransky
April 26, 2001
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A doctor argues that affirmative action and ignoramus patients organizations are ruining American healthcare.
By Ivan Oransky
February 12, 2001
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My portable insulin pump never strays from my side, but I feel more human with the technology than without it.
By Janet Lafler
January 22, 2001
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Why doesn't anyone know that Elvis' favorite book, the Physicians' Desk Reference, is written by drug companies?
By J.B. Orenstein
January 19, 2001
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In his new book on men's health, an endocrinologist encourages men to talk more about their penises and prostates.
By Mike Perry
June 6, 2000
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A fertility physician is arrested for monitoring patients' sexual activity.
By Jack Boulware
May 17, 2000
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An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A
Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
By David Bowman
April 3, 2000
Is there a doctor in the mouse?
My office mate lets off noxious farts
Craig Venter is the future
King Kaufman's Sports Daily 
A hard Pill to swallow
Don't think of a sick child
Psych meds drove my son crazy
The original mad scientist
Be very afraid
Human guinea pigs
In bad faith
"PC, M.D." by Sally Satel
I'm a cyborg and I love it
Physicians' Desk Reference, 55th edition
Exposing sexual dysfunction
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