Salon Health Book Reviews

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The business of breast cancer
Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure.
Honey in the vagina
An elderly Cuban woman reveals her herbal techniques for restoring virginity, inducing pregnancy and curing pimples and diarrhea.
Going all the way
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.
"An American Health Dilemma"
Long before the horror of the Tuskegee experiments, blacks were suspicious of the white medical establishment -- with good reason.
You're an excellent host
Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood.
Can talking kill you?
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.
Constipation = civilization
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.
Smoke screen
Why did a Philip Morris scientist kill herself by drinking nicotine?
"Half Empty, Half Full"
While optimism may seem a sunny subject, full of hearts and flowers, it's a weapon in Susan Vaughan's hands.
In between life and death
The art of medical history shows the precarious position of physicians.
The myths and truths of our muscle of love
An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
Like a precious gem
Watching David Bowie pretend to smoke is a sensual experience.
The philosophy of the flu
Do viruses exist just to give us a hard time or are they bent on destroying the world?
Is being hooked a choice?
A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
God, glass, LSD
After dropping six hits of acid, my brother had his first psychotic episode.
Sights for sore eyes
Henry Grunwald has gone blind, but is seeing more clearly than ever.
Tell me where it hurts
Is it ethical for a doctor-turned-writer to use his patients for material?
"The Red Devil"
A woman with cancer rediscovers her body through a passionate love affair.
Death wish
It's not so weird to think about suicide, but you'd have to be sick to actually do it.
The mysterious mind
One author doubts that we will ever explain and control the brain.
"Paisley Girl"
An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.
"THE RIVER"
An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins
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.
Frozen with fear
After a doctor injected him with a strange substance, the patient couldn't scream or move.
"Living in the Lightning: A Cancer Journal"
One woman learns how to manage her fear.
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