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A new biography of Alfred C. Kinsey shows he not only studied many forms of sexual behavior but experimented with them as well.
By Daniel Harris
April 15, 2000
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Study shows some Canadian drunks have safer sex.
By Jack Boulware
April 11, 2000
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A growing number of spoiled only children are obese, and may face diminished future sex lives because of it.
By Jack Boulware
April 10, 2000
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Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back.
By William Speed Weed
March 29, 2000
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Genetic research that can save lives is often stymied by biotech companies' greedy patent claims.
By Arthur Allen
March 7, 2000
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Think twice before mixing your herbs and your prescription medicine.
By Dawn MacKeen
February 17, 2000
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With his country at the epicenter of an AIDS epidemic, the special advisor to South Africa's health minister quietly makes his first trip to an important research conference.
By Emily Bass
February 4, 2000
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Vaccines are not unlike software: They require a big investment up front, but then they're cheap to make.
By Arthur Allen
December 14, 1999
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A Harvard physician believes poetry can soothe and even heal his patients.
By Rafael Campo, M.D.
December 8, 1999
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Predicting mental illness is usually no better than gambling, but we keep trying.
By Robert Burton, M.D.
December 6, 1999
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Celebrities speaking out about their afflictions can raise awareness and money.
By Mark Ebner and Lisa Derrick
November 29, 1999
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For 15 years, a professor gave his body for human impact-survival research -- and lived to tell the tale.
By Mary Roach
November 19, 1999
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Medical scientists predict technologies such as animal-to-human organ transplants and toilets that send info to your doctor.
By Jon Bowen
November 17, 1999
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I say, if your head looks bad, put something on it.
By Cary Tennis
November 12, 1999
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A new survey suggests many physicians will fib to get around HMO restrictions.
By Robert Burton, M.D.
November 1, 1999
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What can the onion and garlic diet do for you?
Ask, rather, what you can do for Macedonia.
By Susan McCarthy
October 29, 1999
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Experts on female sexual dysfunction gather in Boston and dance with their shirts off.
By Barbara Raab
October 28, 1999
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Our bodies produce cannabis-like substances anyway, so why not put them in pill form to kill pain?
By Damien Cave
October 15, 1999
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A study with rats shows that an alcohol-caffeine cocktail after a stroke can protect the brain.
By Alex Salkever
October 13, 1999
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After pondering the "cultural meat values" of Peparami, the only question remaining is: What are these guys smoking?
By Ruth Shalit
September 29, 1999
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Patients who over-research their ailments sometimes do more harm than good.
By Robert Burton, M.D.
September 27, 1999
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Driven by a booming economy, a corporate obsession with brand-building and a feelgood philosophy, a motley crew of ex-grad students, starry-eyed admen and hypnosis gurus are probing the consumer unconscious to sell soap.
By Ruth Shalit
September 27, 1999
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Fish breath may be the only side effect to the latest antidepressant.
By Michael Alvear
September 9, 1999
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Stressed-out office workers are succumbing to "desk rage."
By Jon Bowen
September 7, 1999
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A study suggests that stress at conception can make your baby more likely to be female.
By Jon Bowen
August 31, 1999
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