The dream and the coming disaster By Sabin Russell
AIDS threatens to ravage the hopes of South Africa's young democracy. Don't expect leaders to get excited because a few companies cut the cost of HIV drugs. (05/18/00)

Prozac indignation By Craig Offman
How a little-known Harvard clinician needled sleeping giant Eli Lilly (05/17/00)

At peace with Prozac By Kelly Luker
The drug was my salvation. Does that make me a spiritual sloth? (05/17/00)

First, do no harm; second, defend yourself By Katherine Uranek, M.D.
She was tiny, she was old, but do I regret hitting her? Hah! (05/15/00)

Flesh and blood and DNA By Arthur Allen
A geneticist sparks outrage with a project to help African-Americans trace their family roots. (05/12/00)

The shape of dreams By Andreas Killen
Freud called them the royal road to the unconscious. A hundred years later, the debate over what they mean goes on. (05/11/00)

Ghost organ By Jennifer Gilmore
My ileostomy scar has heeled, but I still feel like my insides are on display. (05/08/00)

Eating germs By Susan McCarthy
Our semi-sterile lives may be too much of a good thing. Now scientists are inventing "dirty" therapies to remedy our dangerous cleanliness. This is the second of two parts. (05/04/00)

Talking dirty By Susan McCarthy
Bring on the germs. Too much cleanliness may be making some people sick. First of two parts. (05/03/00)

Listening to DNA By Arthur Allen
The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. (05/01/00)

A disease fueled by testosterone By Dawn MacKeen
When a politician announces he has prostate cancer, what does it mean? (04/28/00)

Hell on earth By Albert DiBartolomeo
When a kidney stone taught me the meaning of agony, I also learned the limits of my own weak self. (04/27/00)

Immunized against addiction By Dawn MacKeen
Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out. (04/26/00)

Tales from the emergency room J.B. Orenstein, M.D.
She was 15 years old and pregnant -- and her mother was 275 pounds of fury. (04/24/00)

Death without dignity By Jacob Goldstein
When a physician-assisted suicide goes wrong, the end can be brutal. But nobody is teaching doctors how to do it right. (04/19/00)

Online pharmacies evading regulation By Kai Wright
U.S. officials struggle to control prescription drug-dispensing Web sites. (04/17/00)

Who wins, who dies? By David McGuire
Congress must stop fighting about transplant regulations and deal with the real problem: the shortage of donated organs. (04/14/00)

Inoculated into oblivion By Arthur Allen
When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. (04/13/00)

Football's cattle call By Ron Feemster
In advance of this weekend's NFL draft, doctors inspect the hearts, minds and muscles of top college players. (04/12/00)

Little house of medical horrors By Robert Strauss
The Mütter Museum reveals medicine as the gruesome and inexact art that it is. (04/10/00)

U.S. drug policy: Are we doing the right thing?
The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies. (04/05/00)

Extreme Ritalin By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
The drug should not become the moral equivalent of, or substitute for, better parenting and schools. (03/31/00)

On immortality By Susan McCarthy
You might want to live forever, but should Hitler? (03/30/00)

Nobel dude By William Speed Weed
Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back. (03/29/00)

The hardest question By Jeff Drayer
Even after doing it hundreds of times, it's never easy to ask someone whether they want you to let them die. (03/27/00)

Physicians, heal thyselves By Elkan Allan
The biblical injunction takes on new meaning as British doctors struggle to regain public confidence. (03/23/00)

Getting mad By Amy Standen
A new study shows women can keep anger in and still be OK. (03/22/00)

Anger test
What do you do when you're mad? (03/22/00)

Stress By Robert Burton, M.D.
Act more like a zebra and it won't kill you. (03/20/00)

A drinking rant By David Bowman
A former bartender on amateurs, hangovers, Russians and believing you're Irish. (03/17/00)

Homeopathy By Debra Ollivier
It's not wizardry; in fact, it's based on the same principle as vaccination. (03/16/00)

Spongeworthiness By Jenn Shreve
The Today Sponge survives the strange saga of its five-year disappearance. (03/15/00)

Methadone Rx By Harry Jaffe
Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts. (03/14/00)

Going Dutch By David Downie
Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity? (03/13/00)

Psych meds for kids: Too much, too soon? By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too. (03/10/00)

Kids on drugs By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. (03/09/00)

The LASIK "miracle" By Tate Gunnerson
Thousands of people swear by the laser eye surgery, but are they throwing away their glasses too soon? (03/08/00)

Who owns your DNA? By Arthur Allen
Genetic research that can save lives is often stymied by biotech companies' greedy patent claims. (03/07/00)

Is it all in your head? By Michael Alvear
Yes, but that doesn't make the pain any less real. (03/06/00)

Stupid Patient of the Year By J.B. Orenstein, M.D.
An emergency room doctor selects the best and the brightest. (03/03/00)

Passing the polygraph By Susan McCarthy
Professional criminals are the ones most likely to beat the lie detector. (03/02/00)

The truth about the polygraph By Susan McCarthy
It's junk science, but proponents say it can be a useful tool in interrogations, and even a deterrent. (03/02/00)

The chemical knife By Kevin Giordano
Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders? (03/01/00)

Are we asking the right questions about hormones? By Robert Burton, M.D.
Medical research depends on knowing what you're looking for. (02/28/00)

Leave me alone, AARP By Christopher Scanlan
Just because I turned 50 doesn't mean I want to retire. (02/25/00)

Dr. Fart speaks By Stephen G. Bloom
Everything you want to know about flatulence, and some things you don't. (02/24/00)

Direct to you By Dena Bunis
Drug companies are spending big bucks so you'll ask your doctor for their products by name. (02/23/00)

The elephant in the room By Michael Massing
Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. (02/22/00)

Smart souls By David Bowman
The authors of "SQ" talk about "spiritual intelligence" (02/18/00)

Mixed meds By Dawn MacKeen
Think twice before mixing your herbs and your prescription medicine. (02/17/00)

Asian eyes By Christina Valhouli
Some turn to glue or surgery for a new "look." (02/16/00)

Kissing therapy By Jon Bowen
Smooching with a loved one may be good for your health. (02/14/00)

Marlboro Man lives By Alex Salkever
Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth. (02/10/00)

The Gitane affair By Debra Ollivier
Forget McDonald's and Coca-Cola; the French see American-style anti-tobacco lawsuits as one of the greatest threats to French culture. (02/09/00)

I am a smoker By Carina Chocano
I hate you, too. (02/08/00)

Camels and cowboys By Tate Gunnerson
I'll always be a smoker, even when I quit. (02/08/00)

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em? By David McGuire
No one has studied casual smokers but their risks may be lower than expected. (02/07/00)

A new urgency By Emily Bass
With his country at the epicenter of an AIDS epidemic, the special advisor to South health minister quietly makes his first trip to an important research conference. (02/04/00)

Living the paradox By Valerie Frankel
How do the French eat all that cheese and still lose weight? I had to find out. (02/03/00)

My first dead body By Jeffrey Drayer, M.D.
Medical school taught me how to save lives, but left out the part about how I would feel when someone died. (02/02/00)

The worst diagnosis By Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., and Matthew Naythons, M.D.
The tragedy of Alzheimer's and its unexpected benefits. (02/01/00)

Ask Dr. Bob: Long-distance surgery By Robert Burton, M.D.
Telemedicine allows doctors to be in several places at once. (01/31/00)

The joys of anorexia By Georgie Binks
Not everyone is destroyed by eating disorders. (01/27/00)

Green medicine By Andrew Webster
How Cuba is integrating natural remedies into its public health care. (01/26/00)

The eraser By Amy O'Connor
Why is all of Hollywood flocking to Yefim Shubenstov, a self-proclaimed healer, to rid them of their bad habits? (01/24/00)

I can't help it! By David Bowman
We all do obsessive things, people with Tourette's syndrome just do it more. (01/21/00)

Sweets, wrappers and HIV By Kai Wright
Zimbabweans renegotiate sex in the age of AIDS. (01/20/00)

Ask Dr. Bob: The end of the general practitioner By Robert Burton, M.D.
When pharmacists know so much, why do we need family docs? (01/19/00)

Diagnosis: Marriage By Sharon Gunter
When my husband gets ill, I'm the one who feels sick.
(01/12/00)

Married to my beeper By Jeff Drayer, M.D.
For a doctor, having a pager is a little like being married -- only without the sex. (01/07/00)

Seal of approval needed By Damien Cave
Clinton proposal would attempt regulation of online drug sales. (01/06/00)

The unmentionable By Michael Alvear
No one wants to talk about it, but many will get this pain in the butt. (01/05/00)

Ask Dr. Bob: Seasonal affective disorder By Robert Burton, M.D.
Let the sun shine in when it's dark outside. (01/03/00)

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