Health and medicine explained.

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• Run-AMC The latest idea in vaccine funding won't cure AIDS and malaria.
  David Dobbs Dec. 29, 2005
  
• The Vaccine Fairy How to make lawsuits disappear—and how not to.
  Arthur Allen Dec. 27, 2005
  
• Rent-a-Researcher Did a British university sell out to Procter & Gamble?
  Jennifer Washburn Dec. 22, 2005
  
• Love Match Couples who cross-donate kidneys.
  Sarah E. Richards Dec. 20, 2005
  
• Ethics for Sale For-profit ethical review, coming to a clinical trial near you.
  Carl Elliott Dec. 13, 2005
  
• The Medical Tourist Getting the Beijing treatment.
  Laura Moser Dec. 7, 2005
  
• The Medical Tourist How my shoulder sent me to China.
  Laura Moser Dec. 6, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month Death by kissing, dust-mite frustration, and a breast-feeding benefit for mothers.
  Sydney Spiesel Dec. 1, 2005
  
• Truth Is Stranger Than Phiction The drug industry's literary misadventure.
  Jeanne Lenzer Nov. 29, 2005
  
• The Last Big Virus SARS—a fire drill for the avian flu?
  Arthur Allen Nov. 22, 2005
  
• Katrina Cough The health problems of 9/11 are back.
  Amanda Schaffer Nov. 15, 2005
  
• Ding-a-Ling-a-Ling Ambulances can be dangerous places.
  Zachary Meisel Nov. 8, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month How to get rid of lice and stave off the avian flu. Plus, Spiesel's Third Law of Pediatrics.
  Sydney Spiesel Nov. 1, 2005
  
• Body Art Our fascination with what's on the inside.
  Amanda Schaffer Oct. 25, 2005
  
• Where's My Avian Flu Shot? How to ramp up vaccine production.
  David Dobbs Oct. 20, 2005
  
• The Disappointment Gene Why genetics is so far a boondoggle.
  Arthur Allen Oct. 18, 2005
  
• Smoke-Free and Fat The health hazards of kicking the habit.
  Kent Sepkowitz  Oct. 13, 2005
  
• Kid Power Let's use it to fight the flu.
  David Dobbs Oct. 11, 2005
  
• Living Memento Is happiness worth losing your memory?
  Jay Michaelson Oct. 4, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month Inhaled insulin, statins, flu, and the plague.
  Sydney Spiesel Oct. 3, 2005
  
• Drug Secrets What the FDA isn't telling.
  Jeanne Lenzer Sept. 27, 2005
  
• Paging Dr. Welby The medical sins of Grey's Anatomy.
  Alexi Wright Sept. 26, 2005
  
• Different Strokes Pro golf goes transsexual.
  David Tuller Sept. 20, 2005
  
• Don't Worry, Be Healthy Fear is more likely to get you than the avian flu.
  Marc Siegel Sept. 13, 2005
  
• Sick City The diseases that Katrina unleashed.
  Sydney Spiesel Sept. 6, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month Stem cells, parasites, cocaine, and more.
  Sydney Spiesel Sept. 2, 2005
  
• Pricey Therapy The downside of making postpartum depression sexy.
  Whitney Morrill Aug. 30, 2005
  
• To Snip? Help Slate's circumcision research project.
  Emily Bazelon Aug. 23, 2005
  
• Cave Thinkers How evolutionary psychology gets evolution wrong.
  Amanda Schaffer Aug. 16, 2005
  
• Sticking Up for Thimerosal Read the studies—it's safe.
  Arthur Allen Aug. 2, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month Travel vaccines, nearsightedness, and more.
  Sydney Spiesel July 29, 2005
  
• Jewish Guinea Pigs What if a gene patent is bad for the Jews?
  Masha Gessen July 26, 2005
  
• Caution: Student Cloner In training on the frontier of reproductive science.
  Liza Mundy July 12, 2005
  
• For Pleasure A history of the vibrator.
  Teresa Riordan July 5, 2005
  
• Your Health This Month Mercury in vaccines and dental fillings, avian flu, episiotomies, and more.
  Sydney Spiesel July 1, 2005
  
• How Much for That Dermatologist in the Window? Private funding for residency slots.
  Ivan Oransky June 30, 2005
  
• Shooting Down the Breakfast Club Why you shouldn't wake your kids up to eat their Wheaties.
  Amanda Schaffer June 21, 2005
  
• The Consciometer What if scientists could precisely measure when life begins and ends?
  David Dobbs June 14, 2005
  
• The View From the ICU The alternative to doing everything for a dying patient.
  David Friedman June 14, 2005
  
• Down Came Brooke She does a turn as emissary for postpartum depression.
  Maggie Jones June 7, 2005
  
• The Doctor Is In Health news of the month—statins, new vaccines, Mexican prescription drugs, and more.
  Sydney Spiesel June 3, 2005
  
• Out of the Freezer, Into the Family The booming, and bizarre, business of embryo adoption.
  Liza Mundy May 31, 2005
  
• Spin Doctored How drug companies keep tabs on physicians.
  Jeanne Lenzer May 31, 2005
  
• The Study of O The female orgasm as evolution's happy accident.
  Amanda Schaffer May 26, 2005
  
• Of Elks and Epidurals The glories of Birthing From Within.
  Blake Eskin May 17, 2005
  
• Blame Canada Don't flush your Adderall XR.
  Sydney Spiesel May 10, 2005
  
• The Adderall Me My romance with ADHD meds.
  Joshua Foer May 10, 2005
  
• Bedside Wisdom It still beats medicine-by-the-numbers.
  Sherwin B. Nuland May 3, 2005
  
• Four Servings of Design Improving on the new food pyramid.
  Jessie Scanlon April 28, 2005
  
• Someday, There Will Be a Fat Pill The science of hunger management.
  Amanda Schaffer April 26, 2005
  
• Lads or Lasses The British go for sex selection.
  Emily Bazelon April 19, 2005
  
• The Unsung Vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman deserves the praise being lavished on Jonas Salk.
  Arthur Allen April 13, 2005
  
• We Must Increase Our Bust A history of breast enhancement, told in patent drawings.
  Teresa Riordan April 11, 2005
  
• Quality Control The case against peer review.
  Daniel Engber April 5, 2005
  
• Talking Tuna How much sushi and albacore is too much? Be careful who you ask.
  Amanda Schaffer March 29, 2005
  
• The Attending Sign Why do patients need to be asked things five times?
  Zachary Meisel March 22, 2005
  
• A Shot in the Dark The hidden cost of the chickenpox vaccine.
  Sydney Spiesel March 15, 2005
  
• Good Goop A new method of AIDS prevention for women.
  Amanda Schaffer March 8, 2005
  
• Nature's Way, Rotten As It May Be Why there's no standardized treatment for miscarriage.
  Emily Bazelon March 1, 2005
  
• You're Getting Sleepy ... Or are you? What the new sleeping-pill ads don't say.
  Amanda Schaffer Feb. 22, 2005
  
• Mad Scientists Go away, ethics police. Leave the NIH alone.
  Richard A. Epstein Feb. 15, 2005
  
• Brain Scans for Sale As brain imaging spreads to nonmedical uses, will commerce overtake ethics?
  David Dobbs Jan. 25, 2005
  
• The Body Electric What is electrical brain stimulation used for? And is it safe?
  Amanda Schaffer Jan. 11, 2005