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Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure.
By Laurie Tarkan
November 10, 2000
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An elderly Cuban woman reveals her herbal techniques for restoring virginity, inducing pregnancy and curing pimples and diarrhea.
By Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno
October 19, 2000
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Ever wonder why skinny folks die faster in freezing water? Why divers get the bends but sperm whales don't? An Oxford professor explains life at the extremes.
By Barbara Raab
October 13, 2000
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Long before the horror of the Tuskegee experiments, blacks were suspicious of the white medical establishment -- with good reason.
By Annie Murphy Paul
October 6, 2000
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Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood.
By Jill Wolfson
September 26, 2000
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If you're lonely -- and maybe even if you aren't -- just the act of speaking can elevate your blood pressure to dangerous levels, says psychologist James Lynch.
By Joel N. Shurkin
July 5, 2000
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In "Inner Hygiene," professor James C. Whorton reminds us that some of our great thinkers, from Martin Luther to Ben Franklin and beyond, have been afflicted with clogged bowels.
By Andreas Killen
June 22, 2000
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Why did a Philip Morris scientist kill herself by drinking nicotine?
By Dan Zegart
June 6, 2000
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While optimism may seem a sunny subject, full of hearts and flowers, it's a weapon in Susan Vaughan's hands.
By Annie M. Paul
May 30, 2000
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The art of medical history shows the precarious position of physicians.
By Jonathon Keats
April 6, 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
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Watching David Bowie pretend to smoke is a sensual experience.
By Lesley Stern
February 11, 2000
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Do viruses exist just to give us a hard time or are they bent on destroying the world?
By David Bowman
January 13, 2000
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A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
By Andy Dehnart
January 10, 2000
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After dropping six hits of acid, my brother had his first psychotic episode.
By Greg Bottoms
December 13, 1999
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Henry Grunwald has gone blind, but is seeing more clearly than ever.
By David Bowman
December 9, 1999
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Is it ethical for a doctor-turned-writer to use his patients for material?
By Amy O'Connor
November 15, 1999
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A woman with cancer rediscovers her body through a passionate love affair.
By Katherine Russell Rich
November 8, 1999
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It's not so weird to think about suicide, but you'd have to be sick to actually do it.
By David Bowman
November 4, 1999
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One author doubts that we will ever explain and control the brain.
By Arthur Allen
October 27, 1999
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An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.
By Fran Gordon
October 20, 1999
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An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins
By Edward Hooper
October 6, 1999
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In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries.
By Pamela Post
October 1, 1999
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After a doctor injected him with a strange substance, the patient couldn't scream or move.
By James B. Stewart
September 2, 1999
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One woman learns how to manage her fear.
By Natalie Robins
June 28, 1999
The business of breast cancer
Honey in the vagina
Going all the way
"An American Health Dilemma"
You're an excellent host
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