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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.
By Laurie Tarkan Nov 10, 2000
Honey in the vagina
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 Oct 19, 2000
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.
By Barbara Raab Oct 13, 2000
"An American Health Dilemma"
Long before the horror of the Tuskegee experiments, blacks were suspicious of the white medical establishment -- with good reason.
By Annie Murphy Paul Oct 6, 2000
You're an excellent host
Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood.
By Jill Wolfson Sep 26, 2000
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.
By Joel N. Shurkin Jul 5, 2000
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.
By Andreas Killen Jun 22, 2000
Smoke screen
Why did a Philip Morris scientist kill herself by drinking nicotine?
By Dan Zegart Jun 6, 2000
"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.
By Annie M. Paul May 30, 2000
In between life and death
The art of medical history shows the precarious position of physicians.
By Jonathon Keats Apr 6, 2000
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."
By David Bowman Apr 3, 2000
Like a precious gem
Watching David Bowie pretend to smoke is a sensual experience.
By Lesley Stern Feb 11, 2000
The philosophy of the flu
Do viruses exist just to give us a hard time or are they bent on destroying the world?
By David Bowman Jan 13, 2000
Is being hooked a choice?
A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
By Andy Dehnart Jan 10, 2000
God, glass, LSD
After dropping six hits of acid, my brother had his first psychotic episode.
By Greg Bottoms Dec 13, 1999
Sights for sore eyes
Henry Grunwald has gone blind, but is seeing more clearly than ever.
By David Bowman Dec 9, 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
"The Red Devil"
A woman with cancer rediscovers her body through a passionate love affair.
By Katherine Russell Rich Nov 8, 1999
Death wish
It's not so weird to think about suicide, but you'd have to be sick to actually do it.
By David Bowman Nov 4, 1999
The mysterious mind
One author doubts that we will ever explain and control the brain.
By Arthur Allen Oct 27, 1999
"Paisley Girl"
An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.
By Fran Gordon Oct 20, 1999
"THE RIVER"
An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins
By Edward Hooper Oct 6, 1999
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.
By Pamela Post Oct 1, 1999
Frozen with fear
After a doctor injected him with a strange substance, the patient couldn't scream or move.
By James B. Stewart Sep 2, 1999
"Living in the Lightning: A Cancer Journal"
One woman learns how to manage her fear.
By Natalie Robins Jun 28, 1999
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