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Smokers to be prevented from fostering young children
Guardian, June 21, 2007
Breastfeeding declines in Asia
BBC News, June 20, 2007
In Mexico, Diabetes Strains Lives and Budgets
NYT, June 12, 2007
US veterans 'high suicide risk'
BBC News, June 11, 2007
Potentially Incompatible Goals at F.D.A.
NYT, June 11, 2007
G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
BBC News, June 8, 2007
Japan's Fertility Rate Rises
Washington Post/AP, June 7, 2007
New AIDS Cases in Africa Outpace Gains
NYT, June 6, 2007
Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer
BBC News, June 5, 2007
U.N. Urges HIV Testing for All Patients in Hard-Hit Nations
Washington Post, May 31, 2007
Australia battles rise in alcohol abuse
BBC News, May 31, 2007
Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs
NYT, May 30, 2007
For Drug Makers, a Downside to Full Disclosure
NYT, May 23, 2007
Gas May Have Harmed Troops, Scientists Say
NYT, May 17, 2007
African yellow fever targeted
BBC News, May 16, 2007
Unfairness 'increases heart risk'
BBC News, May 15, 2007
As Demand for Donor Eggs Soars, High Prices Stir Ethical Concerns
NYT, May 15, 2007
In Native Alaskan Villages, a Culture of Sorrow
NYT, May 14, 2007
Genetic Testing + Abortion = ???
NYT, May 13, 2007
New Plan Would Mandate HIV Tests in N.J.
Washington Post/AP, May 12, 2007
Africa facing major cancer blight
BBC New, May 10, 2007
Psychiatrists, Children and Drug Industry’s Role
NYT, May 10, 2007
China to Start Mobile Food Testing
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, May 10, 2007
Clinton Foundation Announces a Bargain on Generic AIDS Drugs
NYT, May 9, 2007
States React to Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Washington Post/AP, May 9, 2007
Germany launches obesity campaign
BBC News, May 9, 2007
Marlboros, and the Face of Evil: Has the tobacco industry discovered gold on YouTube?
The Huffington Post, May 6, 2007
Somalia cholera death fears grow
BBC News, April 28, 2007
Babies overfed to meet flawed ideal
NewScientist.com, April 28, 2007
Afghan Infant Mortality Declines, Signaling a Post-Taliban Recovery
NYT, April 27, 2007
Mauritanians question the 'fat' look
BBC News, April 26, 2007
Panel Urges Schools To Replace Junk Foods
Washington Post, April 26, 2007
Abortion legalised in Mexico City
BBC News, April 25, 2007
Abortion doesn't boost breast cancer risk, large study finds
LA Times, April 24, 2007
Female Births Decrease In India As Sales Of Ultrasound Machines Increase, Wall Street Journal Reports
Medical News Today, April 20, 2007
Outsourcing Breast Milk
Time, April 19, 2007
High Court Upholds Curb on Abortion
Washington Post, April 19, 2007
AP may make pre-marital HIV test must
Times of India, April 18, 2007
AIDS Drugs Reach More People, U.N. Report Says, but Not Enough
NYT, April 18, 2007
Global warming health effects, Smog, heat waves may contribute to big rise in illness
San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 2007
Thailand Weighs Offer for AIDS Drugs
Washington Post/AP, April 10, 2007
Pakistan battles HIV/Aids taboo
BBC News, April 9, 2007
New Urgency in Debating Health Care
NYT, April 6, 2007
Breastfeeding alone cuts HIV risk
BBC News, March 30, 2007
Dengue Surging in Mexico, Latin America
Washington Post/AP, March 30, 2007
Feds Start Review of NIH Policies
Washington Post, March 30, 2007
W.H.O. Urges Circumcision to Reduce Spread of AIDS
NYT, March 29, 2007
Uganda's Early Gains Against HIV Eroding
Washington Post, March 29, 2007
Kids see hours of fat food TV ads
San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2007
Global warming study warns of vanishing climates
Guardian, March 27, 2007
Worm disease set for eradication
BBC News, March 27, 2007
Dental-Care Challenge: Open Wider
Washington Post, March 27, 2007
FDA Moves to Try to Reduce Conflicts of Interest on Boards
Washington Post, March 22, 2007
Polish woman wins abortion case
BBC News, March 20, 2007
Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis
NYT, March 20, 2007
Depression Hits U.S. Blacks Harder Than Whites
Washington Post, March 8, 2007
Use of hyperactivity drugs soars
BBC News, March 7, 2007
Walter Reed hospital scandal 'hits at the heartstrings of America'
San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2007
Psychological torture just as bad, study finds
LA Times, March 6, 2007
Most Support U.S. Guarantee of Health Care
NYT, March 2, 2007
Low-Cost Antimalaria Pill Available
NYT, March 1, 2007
Millions In U.S. Infected With HPV
Washington Post, February 28, 2007
Most tsunami drug donations were useless and dangerous
Sunday Times, February 25, 2007
Smoking alters brain 'like drugs'
BBC, February 24, 2007
Circumcision’s Anti-AIDS Effect Found Greater Than First Thought
NYT, February 23, 2007
States Are Running Out of Health Dollars
Washington Post/AP, February 22, 2007
In the World of Life-Saving Drugs, a Growing Epidemic of Deadly Fakes
NYT, February 20, 2007
Tobacco firm wins payout appeal
BBC News, February 20, 2007
A Silent Epidemic
Washington Post, February 20, 2007
Regional Variation Seen in Heart Disease Rate
NYT/AP, February 16, 2007
A Thousand Threats
Newsweek, February 15, 2007
The mind, as it evolves
LA Times, February 12, 2007rdian, February 9, 2007
S. Africa launches biggest AIDS vaccine trial
Washington Post/Reuter, February 8, 2007
Indonesia May Sell, Not Give, Bird Flu Virus to Scientists
NYT, February 7, 2007
Early Arrivals: A Growing Problem
Washington Post, February 6, 2007
Bush’s Medicare Budget Would Raise Premiums
NYT, February 4, 2007
Texas Is First to Require Cancer Shots for Schoolgirls
NYT, February 3, 2007
Terror stress effect 'widespread'
BBC News, February 3, 2007
World's sea levels rising at accelerating rate
Guardian, February 2, 2007
Air pollution link to heart risk
BBC News, February 1, 2007
Tests of Drug to Block H.I.V. Infection Are Halted Over Safety
NYT, February 1, 2007
FDA Revamps Process for Safety of Drugs After Approval
Washington Post, January 31, 2007
Wall Street Finds a Lot to Like About Tobacco
NYT, January 31, 2007
Merck lobbies states over cancer vaccine
YahooNews.com/AP, January 30, 2007
Bringing Health Care To Katrina's Uninsured
Washington Post/AP, January 29, 2007
EU-wide public smoking ban urged
BBC News, January 29, 2007
Unhappy Meals
NYT, January 28, 2007
Gambia's president may be weird, but Aids superstitions strike closer to home
Guardian, January 27, 2007
Gay Becker -- medical anthropologist, traveler
San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 2007
The Invisible Enemy in Iraq
WiredNews.com, January 22, 2007
Idea of 'designer' babies with defective genes stirs ethics questions
CNN.com, January 19, 2007
Pelosi bans smoking near House floor
Houston Chronicle, January 10, 2007
Bias Is Found in Food Studies With Financing From Industry
NYT, January 9, 2007
Pipeline Tapping Into the Wide World of Oil
NYT (Times Select), January 8, 2007
China's medicine wars
LA Times, January 8, 2007
Industry Money May Bias Drink Studies
LA Times/AP, January 8, 2007
New test for HIV drug resistance
BBC News, January 8, 2007
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
LA Times, January 7, 2007
Bird flu drug carries a lethal threat
Guardian, January 7, 2007
Dramatic drop in HIV infections halts circumcision trials
BMJ, January 6, 2007
WHO chief issues bird flu warning
BBC News, January 5, 2007
Stress can wear at veterans' health
LA Times/AP, January 2, 2007
What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses
NYT, January 2, 2007
US body backs sale of cloned food
BBC News, December 28, 2006
Creation of new organs a step closer
Guardian, December 28, 2006
China Tightens Adoption Rules for Foreigners
NYT, December 20, 2006
New Drugs Declining, Research Costs Increasing, GAO Says
Washington Post, December 20, 2006
Gateses Give $47 Million to Bolster Coordinated Assaults on Diseases
NYT, December 20, 2006
Foreign medics sentenced to death in Libya trial
NewScientist.com, December 19, 2006
Bitter harvest: Migrants working on Europe's fruit harvests live like refugees
Guardian, December 19, 2006
Pot is called biggest cash crop
LA Times, December 18, 2006
Fewer take hormones; breast cancer rate falls
Miami Herald/AP, December 15, 2006
Donor crisis 'fuels IVF tourism'
BBC News, December 14, 2006
Adult Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Risk of Acquiring HIV
NIH News, December 13, 2006
The Energy-Drink Buzz Is Unmistakable. The Health Impact Is Unknown.
NYT, December 12, 2006
Has Politics Contaminated the Food Supply?
NYT, December 11, 2006
Katrina Begets a Baby Boom by Immigrants
NYT, December 11, 2006
Birth rate 'harms poverty goals'
BBC News, December 8, 2006
Malaria could fuel spread of HIV
Guardian, December 8, 2006
Renowned cancer scientist was paid by chemical firm for 20 years
Guardian, December 8, 2006
Hippocrates Meets Fidel, and Even U.S. Students Enroll
NYT, December 7, 2006
Women Face Emotional Wounds of War
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, December 3, 2006
Where AIDS Efforts Lag
Washington Post, December 1, 2006
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed'
BBC News, December 1, 2006
AIDS to Be 3rd Leading Cause of Death
Washington Post/AP, November 28, 2006
U.N. Nations Reach Deal to Cut Emissions
Washington Post/AP, November 17, 2006
African Children Often Lack Available AIDS Treatment
NYT, November 15, 2006
Diabetes 'threat' to indigenous
BBC News, November 13, 2006
Life Expectancy Increases for H.I.V. Patients
NYT/AP, November 12, 2006
Toilets Underused to Fight Disease, U.N. Study Finds
NYT, November 10, 2006
Google 'aids doctors' diagnoses'
BBC News, November 10, 2006
Bird Flu Expert Selected to Head WHO
Washington Post/AP, November 8, 2006
Contraception as an Option for the Man
NYT, November 7, 2006
Medicaid Wants Citizenship Proof for Infant Care
NYT, November 3, 2006
U.S. Lags in Several Areas of Health Care, Study Finds
Washington Post, November 3, 2006
Westerners 'are more promiscuous'
BBC News, November 1, 2006
For a World of Woes, We Blame Cookie Monsters
NYT, October 29, 2006
In Clean Politics, Flesh Is Pressed, Then Sanitized
NYT, October 28, 2006
Drunk & disorderly: Women in UK are worst binge drinkers in world
The Independent, October 22, 2006
Wal-Mart Expands Plan For Low-Cost Prescriptions
Washington Post, October 20, 2006
As Smoke Clears, Scots Breathe Easy Behind the Bar
NYT, October 20, 2006
Alcohol ravaging South Africa's children
BBC News, October 19, 2006
Despite Aging U.S. Population, Few Physicians Specialize in Treatment for the Elderly
KaiserNetwork.org, October 18, 2006
Race Gap Persists in Health Screening
Washington Post, October 17, 2006
Warning over global bird flu plan
BBC News, October 17, 2006
Marijuana Consumption Drops in U.K. Despite Liberalized Laws
JoinTogether.org, October 16, 2006
Polio screening for Hajj pilgrims
BBC News, October 13, 2006
Nigeria and India Cited in Rise of Polio Cases
NYT, October 13, 2006
Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey
Lancet, October 12, 2006
Seduced by Snacks? No, Not You
NYT, October 11, 2006
WHO: TB Poses Greatest Threat to Europe
Washington Post/AP, October 9, 2006
Guidelines forged to ban unhealthy items from schools
CNN.com, October 8, 2006
U.S. to Stop Seizing Prescription Drugs Imported for Personal Use
Washington Post, October 5, 2006
Indian state battles fever fear
BBC News, October 4, 2006
French May Ban Smoking in Public Places
Washington Post/AP, October 3, 2006
Study: Toddlers target of fatty foods
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 2006
Smoking ban 'reduces heart risk'
BBC News, October 2, 2006
US Institute of Medicine calls for major changes at FDA
BMJ, September 30, 2006
The boss is watching your every click...
NewScientist.com, September 30, 2006
U.S. Factory Farms – So Bad They're A Tourist Attraction
Food & Water Watch, September 29, 2006
In India, Water Crisis Means Foul Sludge
NYT, September 29, 2006
New Sense of Caution at F.D.A.
NYT, September 29, 2006
US Seeks Review Of WHO Publication Policy After Report On US Trade Deals
Intellectual Property Watch, September 28, 2006
Scientists urged to support nurses facing execution
SciDev.Net, September 27, 2006
Organ sales 'thriving' in China
BBC News, September 27, 2006
Health Care Costs Rise Twice as Much as Inflation
NYT, September 27, 2006
Governments could be overwhelmed by retiree health care burden
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, September 24, 2006
GAO, HHS OIG, Waxman Launch Investigations Into Alleged Oversight, Morale Problems at CDC
KaiserNetwork.org, September 21, 2006
Wal-Mart to Test Price Cuts on Range of Generic Drugs
NYT, September 21, 2006
The denial industry
Guardian, September 19, 2006
Many Health Insurance Consultants Do Not Disclose Financial Ties With Clients
KaiserNetwork.org, September 18, 2006
WHO: Bird Flu Pandemic Risk Still High
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, September 17, 2006
Inner Circle Taking More of C.D.C. Bonuses
NYT, September 17, 2006
W.H.O. Supports Wider Use of DDT vs. Malaria
NYT, September 16, 2006
Politics and health outcomes
Lancet, September 16, 2006
Iraq War's Signature Wound: Brain Injury
Washington Post/AP, September 15, 2006
Race gap in vaccination of children closes
Miami Herald/AP, September 15, 2006
Woman is fitted with 'bionic' arm
BBC News, September 15, 2006
Risk of 4,000 everyday chemicals to be studied
Globe & Mail, September 14, 2006
Modern Ways Open India’s Doors to Diabetes
NYT, September 13, 2006
The War Over Salt
NYT, September 13, 2006
Mobile phone users 'stressed out'
BBC News, September 13, 2006
Speed of the Spread of Flu Is Linked to Airline Travel
NYT, September 12, 2006
Humans 'causing stronger storms'
BBC News, September 11, 2006
Live long and prosper — some places
Globe & Mail/AP, September 9, 2006
More US citizens lack health insurance
BMJ, September 9, 2006
The medicines that could kill millions
New Scientist, September 8, 2006
More deaths for Caesarean babies
BBC News, September 8, 2006
Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa Draws Attention From U.N.
NYT, September 6, 2006
Drug Piracy: A Wave of Counterfeit Medicines Washes Over Russia
NYT, September 5, 2006
EU chief supports 'health market'
BBC News, September 5, 2006
Couples Cull Embryos to Halt Heritage of Cancer
NYT, September 3, 2006
Boredom in the West Fuels Binge Drinking
NYT, September 2, 2006
Who's watching body parts? FDA to find out
Miami Herald/AP, August 31, 2006
Nicotine Up Sharply In Many Cigarettes
Washington Post, August 31, 2006
Medical Practices Blend Health and Faith
Washington Post, August 31, 2006
Study Finds Medical Spending Is Generally Worth the Cost
NYT/AP, August 30, 2006
How a Vaccine Search Ended in Triumph
NYT, August 29, 2006
U.S. Alcoholic Drinks Lost Potency in Second Half of 20th Century
Newswise, August 27, 2006
Prenatal test abused to select sex of babies
Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2006
States Make Medicaid Patients Responsible for Care
NPR, August 22, 2006
Scottish Ads Target Alcohol Use, Ritual
CBS News/AP, August 22, 2006
DEA's Khat Sting Stirs Up Somali 'Cultural Clash'
LA Times, August 22, 2006
The School-Lunch Test
NYT, August 20, 2006
Obesity in kids? -- see poverty line
Solution is lifting people out of the class of poor
San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 2006
A 10-Year Checkup: A Decade Into the E-Health Era, Online Medical Resources Pass a Real-Life Test
Washington Post, August 1, 2006
F.D.A. Shifts View on Next-Day Pill
NYT, August 1, 2006
Call to fight HIV risk in young
BBC News, August 1, 2006
Kerry Proposes Universal Coverage by 2012
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, July 31, 2006
War’s Chaos Steals Congo’s Young by the Millions
NYT, July 30, 2006
So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You
NYT, July 30, 2006
In Vietnam, a Gateway for Bird Flu
Washington Post, July 30, 2006
Australia warned of Aids spread
BBC News, July 29, 2006
Aid Groups Are Criticized Over Tsunami Reconstruction
NYT, July 27, 2006
Sun kills 60,000 a year, says WHO
BBC News, July 27, 2006
Bird-Flu Vaccine May Be Ready by Next Year
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, July 26, 2006
Senate Removes Abortion Option for Young Girls
NYT, July 26, 2006
Not Just Black And White
Washington Post, July 25, 2006
Correcting the Errors of Disclosure
NYT, July 25, 2005
EU to fund embryo cell research
BBC News, July 24, 2006
Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors
NYT, July 21, 2006
As Other Asian Nations Have Moved to Control Bird Flu, It Is Rapidly Spiraling in Indonesia
NYT, July 21, 2006
Aids 'could hit' India's growth
BBC News, July 20, 2006
Ageing 'linked to social status'
BBC News, July 19, 2006
Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says
NYT, July 19, 2006
Patient Deaths in New Orleans Bring Arrests
NYT, July 19, 2006
In `food deserts' of city, healthy eating a mirage
Chicago Tribune, July 18, 2006
Pregnancy Centers Found to Give False Information on Abortion
Washington Post, July 18, 2006
Meth Still No. 1 Drug Problem, Study Finds
Washington Post/AP, July 18, 2006
Senate Passes Stem Cell Bill, Defying Veto Threat
NYT, July 18, 2006
The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome
NYT, July 18, 2006
Wealth versus health – the Thai frontier
openDemocracy, July 17, 2006
Right, wrong? In a group, it's harder to tell
LA Times, July 17, 2006
Hospital Chiefs Get Paid for Advice on Selling to Hospitals
Washington Post, July 17, 2006
A Medical Crisis of Conscience
Faith Drives Some To Refuse Patients Medication or Care
Washington Post, July 16, 2006
Smoking 'accounts for health gap'
BBC News, July 14, 2006
Race Matters: Bias's Toll
Washington Post, July 12, 1006
'Lab-made sperm' fertility hope
BBC News, July 10, 2006
Stem Cells Back in Political Spotlight
Washington Post, July 9, 2006
New Medicine for AIDS Is One Pill, Once a Day
NYT, July 9, 2006
White House to Ease Medicaid Rule on Proof of Citizenship
NYT, July 7, 2006
Religious row over stem cell work
BBC News, July 7, 2006
Legal victory for tobacco firms
BBC News, July 6, 2006
New AIDS Pill to Treat People in Poor Countries
NYT, July 6, 2006
Homeless Alcoholics Receive a Permanent Place to Live, and Drink
NYT, July 6, 2006
Scientists think communication is bad for their careers
EurActiv.com, July 5, 2006
'Videophilia' Keeps Americans Indoors
Washington Post, July 5, 2006
Calif. Court Expands HIV Responsibility
LA Times/AP, July 3, 2006
'HIV stigma' drives India suicide
BBC News, June 3, 2006
Gateses Take on AIDS Prevention in India
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, June 3, 2006
Wet nurses feed Chinese outrage
CNN, June 28, 2006
Three-million short of food in Southern Africa
Mail and Guardian, June 28, 2006
U.S. Details Dangers of Secondhand Smoking
Washington Post, June 28, 2006
Push for New Tactics as War on Malaria Falters
NYT, June 28, 2006
Charities Tied to Doctors Get Drug Industry Gifts
NYT, June 28, 2006
Beer blockade to fight Sioux alcoholism
CNN, June 27, 2006
The birth control divide
LA Times, June 26, 2006
Social Isolation Growing in U.S., Study Says
Washington Post, June 23, 2006
WHO: Bird Flu Virus Mutated in Indonesia
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, June 23, 2006
Cameroon girls battle 'breast ironing'
BBC News, June 23, 2006
Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions
NYT, June 23, 2006
In Congo, Hunger and Disease Erode Democracy
NYT, June 23, 2006
SA prisoners win Aids drug case
BBC News, June 22, 2006
More than 3m babies born from IVF
BBC News, June 21, 2006
A Legacy of the Storm: Depression and Suicide
NYT, June 21, 2006
In Medicine, Acceptable Risk Is in the Eye of the Beholder
NYT, June 20, 2006
Traditions weigh on China's women
BBC News, June 19, 2006
If It's Good for Philip Morris, Can It Also Be Good for Public Health?
NYT, June 18, 2006
In Oil-Rich Angola, Cholera Preys Upon Poorest
Crisis Seen in Nation's ER Care
Washington Post, June 15, 2006
Japan to tackle high suicide rate
BBC News, June 15, 2006
Campaign on Hospital Errors Saves Lives
NYT/AP, June 15, 2006
Using ARVs to fill empty stomachs
Mail & Guardian, June 14, 2006
Breast-Feed or Else
NYT, June 13, 2006
Too Much Information
Results of Home DNA Tests Can Shock, Misinform Some Users
Washington Post, June 13, 2006
Drug to combat killer diarrhoea
BBC News, June 12, 2006
States' Changes Reshape Medicaid
Washington Post, June 12, 2006
Concern Grows Over Increase in Diabetes Around World
NYT, June 11, 2006
Polio Takes Unexpected Toll in Namibia
NYT, June 10, 2006
FDA Approves Vaccine That Should Prevent Most Cervical Cancers
Washington Post, June 9, 2006
Africa rises to HIV drug challenge
BBC News, June 8, 2006
As the Use of Donor Sperm Increases, Secrecy Can Be a Health Hazard
NYT, June 6, 2006
Fight AIDS at a Store Near You
New Products Among Funding Sources Discussed at U.N. Meeting
Washington Post, June 2, 2006
Genital Cutting Raises by 50% Likelihood Mothers or Their Newborns Will Die, Study Finds
NYT, June 2, 2006
Some Countries Lack Resources to Fully Track Bird Flu Cases
NYT, June 1, 2006
Annan slams lack of HIV progress
BBC News, May 31, 2006
Forty years of miracle cures. Now it's homeopathy's turn
Guardian, May 27, 2006
Forever Pregnant
Guidelines: Treat Nearly All Women as Pre-Pregnant
Washington Post, May 16, 2006
Rising Diabetes Threat Meets a Falling Budget
NYT, May 16, 2006
Addiction's grip now seen as 'extreme memory'
Boston Globe, May 15, 2006
US warns of 'global meth threat'
BBC News, May 10, 2006
Just What the Doctor Ordered? Not Exactly
NYT, May 9, 2006
African babies 'dying at birth'
BBC News, May 9, 2006
America's 'Near Poor' Are Increasingly at Economic Risk, Experts Say
NYT, May 8, 2006
Funds Cut, Gaza Faces a Plague of Health Woes
NYT, May 8, 2006
300,000 Children in U.S. Found to Have Autism
Washington Post, May 5, 2006
Use of Contraception Drops, Slowing Decline of Abortion Rate
NYT, May 5, 2006
Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks
NYT, May 4, 2006
Report: Federal Bird Blu Aid May Be Tough
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, May 3, 2006
For Science's Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap
NYT, May 2, 2006
Children 'failed' over nutrition
BBC News, May 1, 2006
Boys 'hit by body image pressure'
BBC News, May 1, 2006
U.N. Agency Cuts Food Rations for Sudan Victims
NYT, April 29, 2006
Warning over 'fertility tourism'
BBC New, April 28, 2006
Study: Kids Worldwide Can Grow the Same
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, April 27, 2006
Rituals of Grief Go Online
NYT, April 27, 2006
Midwest's Epidemic Of Mumps Continues
Washington Post, April 20, 2006
Learning to Savor a Full Life, Love Life Included
NYT, April 20, 2006
Study Finds a Link of Drug Makers to Psychiatrists
NYT, April 20, 2006
Salads or No, Cheap Burgers Revive McDonald's
NYT, April 19, 2006
Insurers' mergers limiting options
Health care choices are narrowing, says study by AMA
San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, 2006
Greenpeace: Chernobyl Toll May Top 90,000
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, April 18, 2006
Few Reassured Over Chernobyl's Impact
LA Times/AP, April 15, 2006
Iowa Mumps Epidemic Continues to Broaden
Washington Post/AP, April 14, 2006
A Crystal Ball Submerged in a Test Tube
NYT, April 13, 2006
Study: 9/11 Escapees Have Health Problems
LA Times/AP, April 9, 2006
Drug Plan's Side Effect Is Severe
NYT, April 8, 2006
World 'lacks 4m health workers'
BBC News, April 7, 2006
Worry over growing HIV ignorance
BBC News, April 7, 2006
Platinum Found in Women With Breast Implants
Washington Post, April 7, 2006
Bill would cut junk food in schools
Obesity measure has bipartisan support in House and Senate
San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2006
Nanotech Product Recalled in Germany
Washington Post, April 6, 2006
Heart Disease, Stroke Plague Third World
NYT/AP, April 6, 2006
Thorny legal issues in case of HIV in marriage
State's top court to weigh privacy right, liability for harm
San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 2006
Job Fears Tied To Health Woes
Washington Post, April 4, 2006
Coverage, in pieces
LA Times, April 3, 2006
The complexities of 'in sickness'
LA Times, April 3, 2006
Doctor jailed for girl abortion scan
Times, March 30, 2006
Few pregnant women get HIV drugs
BBC News, March 28, 2006
Bid to Give AIDS Drugs to Poor Nations Lag
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, March 28, 2006
With Every Epidemic, Health Officials Face Tough Choices
NYT, March 28, 2006
Dose of Tenacity Wears Down a Horrific Disease
NYT, March 26, 2006
Indians Fear Losing Health Clinics
NYT/AP, March 25, 2006
As Parents Age, Baby Boomers and Business Struggle to Cope
NYT, March 25, 2006
Suppliers wary about Wal-Mart's move to organics
Modesto Bee/AP, March 24, 2006
Tuberculosis Declines to Historic Low in the U.S.
NYT, March 24, 2006
Proportion of Doctors Giving Charity Care Declines
Washington Post, March 23, 2006
Studies Suggest Avian Flu Pandemic Isn't Imminent
NYT, March 23, 2006
WHO: African nations fail to address TB
Miami Herald/AP, March 22, 20066
AIDS Said Orphaned 1.5M Asia-Pacific Kids
LA Times/AP, March 22, 2006
Bird flu toll rises past 100-mark
BBC News, March 21, 2006
Cleaner Air Brings Drop in Death Rate
NYT, March 21, 2006
Treating Moms' Depression May Help Kids
LA Times/AP, March 21, 2006
Climate link to African malaria
BBC News, March 20, 2006
Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio
NYT, March 20, 2006
Medical Care Lacking but Equal
Washington Post, March 16, 2006
Is Business Ready for a Flu Pandemic?
NYT, March 16, 2006
Cross-border insurance plan targets Hispanic immigrants
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, March 15, 2006
Bush Admits Rocky Start to Drug Plan
NYT, March 15, 2006
A Wrongful Birth?
NYT, March 12, 2006
Polio's Legacy Lingers in Africa
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, March 11, 2006
US cigarette sales drop to 55-year low
Reuters UK, March 9, 2006
Africa must fight bird flu itself
BBC News, March 9, 2006
Researchers aim to regenerate body parts
Miami Herald/AP, March 9, 2006
Govt beefs up efforts to look for bird flu
Miami Herald/AP, March 9, 2006
The future of old age
The Guardian, March 8, 2006
Slowly, Africa Starts to Care for AIDS Children
NYT, March 8, 2006
Food Aid Program Takes Out Insurance on Ethiopia Weather
NYT, March 8, 2006
Study Warns Women About Spring Break
Washington Post/AP, March 8, 2006
South Dakota Bans Abortion, Setting Up a Battle
NYT, March 7, 2006
Diet and habitat have caused recent tweaks in human DNA
Guardian, March 7, 2006
Merck cutting developing world AIDS drug price 20 pct
Washington Post/Reuters, March 7, 2006
Drug residue tainting water, report warns
Toronto Globe and Mail, March 6, 2006
Recent Spread of Bird Flu Confounds Experts
NYT, March 6, 2006
And now, four-star hospitals
LA Times, March 6, 2006
WHO Calls Bird Flu Unprecedented in Scope
LA Times/AP, March 6, 2006
Pesticides found in most U.S. rivers
Miami Herald/AP, March 4, 2006
65% of Promised Drug Studies Pending
Washington Post, March 4, 2006
New Drugs Hit the Market, but Promised Trials Go Undone
NYT, March 4, 2006
Forecast shows Africa to face river crisis
Guardian, March 3, 2006
Media 'sensationalising science'
BBC News, March 3, 2006
Report Warns Malnutrition Begins in Cradle
NYT, March 3, 2006
Nutrigenomics – sky’s the limit?
NutraIngredients.com, March 3, 2006
Dark science
San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2006
World Bank Urges Fight on Malnutrition
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, March 2, 2006
Veterans Report Mental Distress
Washington Post, March 1, 2006
Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts
Washington Post, March 1, 2006
Miss. House Advances Bill to Ban Abortion
Washington Post/AP, March 1, 2006
GSK is criticised for army drug test
Financial Times, February 28, 2006
Costa Rica: Biological clocks tick away with ban on in vitro fertilization
Miami Herald, February 28, 2006
An Economist Examines the Business of Fertility
NYT, February 28, 2006
Birthing suit 'could save lives'
BBC News, February 28, 2006
Alternative Remedies Fail Government Tests
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, February 27, 2006
Paper Reports Katrina Donations Dwindling
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, February 27, 2006
Myanmar Victims Flock to a Refugee Doctor
San Francisco Chronicle/AP, February 27, 2006
Plan B Battles Embroil States
Washington Post, February 27, 2006
Young and alone, With only 7,500 child psychiatrists in the U.S., millions who need treatment are left desperate for care
LA Times, February 27, 2006
Reshaping Bedside Manner in a Diverse World
Washington Post, February 26, 2006
Spooked by Bird Flu, Egyptians Hoard Water
Washington Post, February 26, 2006
Nigeria Tries TV Jingles, Anything to Chip Away at Ignorance of Spreading Bird Flu
NYT, February 26, 2006
As Canada's Slow-Motion Public Health System Falters, Private Medical Care Is Surging
NYT, February 26, 2006
New VA Program Targets Obesity, Diabetes
NYT, February 26, 2006
Prepare for Pandemic, Localities Are Warned
Washington Post, February 25, 2006
West Nile could get worse, expert warns, Virus outbreak could turn into major epidemic
San Francisco Chronicle, February 24, 2006
Safe sex next front in China's AIDS battle
Washington Post/Reuters, February 24, 2006
In the Land of Coq au Vin, Soul-Searching Over Bird Flu
NYT, February 24, 2006
World's biggest medical experiment, 500,000 people, a span of decades - and a waste of time and money?
Guardian, February 23, 2006
Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota
NYT, February 23, 2006
Zambia's Plight Goes Begging in Year of Disasters
NYT, February 23, 2006
Debt to Society Is Least of Costs for Ex-Convicts
NYT, February 23, 2006
Medicare Backs Obesity Surgery
Washington Post, February 22, 2006
Asia warned on diabetes threat
BBC News, February 22, 2006
Parents can tell kids to eat veggies at school
CNN.com, February 21, 2006
Court Backs Religious Right to Hallucinogenic Tea
ABC News, February 21, 2006
Russia's abandoned HIV children
BBC News, February 21, 2006
Millions Not Joining Medicare Drug Plan
Washington Post, February 21, 2006
Money and Medicine: Richer or Poorer, Health and Wealth Are Linked
NYT, February 21, 2006
Anti-ageing drugs point to retiring at 85
Guardian, February 20, 2006
'Faster emergence' for diseases
BBC News, February 20, 2006
Health Experts Surprised at Rapid Spread of Bird Flu
NYT, February 20, 2006
FDA Is Urged to Ban Carbon-Monoxide-Treated Meat
Washington Post, February 20, 2006
UK baby shortage will cost £11 billion
Guardian, February 19, 2006
New Data On Health: Studies in Confusion
Washington Post, February 19, 2006
Body Parts Snatching Case Reverberates
LA Times/AP, February 18, 2006
Diabetes Is Seen as a Rising Risk in Mothers-to-Be
NYT, February 18, 2006
Tests confirm bird flu in Egypt, France
Miami Herald/AP, February 17, 2006
FDA to Explain Need to Charge Fees for New Generic Drugs
Washington Post, February 17, 2006
Call to allow body organ selling
BBC News, February 16, 2006
Now Prozac Battles Dark Dreams That Khmer Rouge Left
NYT, February 16, 2006
Outsourcing Is Climbing Skills Ladder
NYT, February 16, 2006
Europe Takes Action as Bird Flu Spreads
NYT, February 16, 2006
A Cancer Drug Shows Promise, at a Price That Many Can't Pay
NYT, February 15, 2006
Bristol-Myers Allows Powerful AIDS Drug to Be Sold Cheaply
NYT, February 15, 2006
Genetic Clue Pursued in Families Struck by Bird Flu
Washington Post, February 15, 2006
Gay marriage 'is good for health'
BBC News, February 14, 2006
Maybe You're Not What You Eat
NYT, February 14, 2006
At the Pharmacy: Prescription Labels Often Pose Language Barrier
NYT, February 14, 2006
Blowing Smoke Rings: How the tobacco industry duped both academic journals and the media
AlterNet.org, February 13, 2006
Africa's Polio Efforts Aiding Bird Flu Fight
Washington Post, February 13, 2006
Progress Varies On Global AIDS Plan
Washington Post, February 13, 2006
Hidden history of US germ testing
BBC News, February 13, 2006
Fertility drug use booms in China
BBC News, February 13, 2006
Nigeria ignores bird flu precautions
Miami Herald, February 12, 2006
Booze Britain? Drink-fuelled crime and violence slump after new licensing laws take effect
Independent, February 12, 2006
Researchers Race to Boost Supply of Bird Flu Vaccine
Washington Post, February 12, 2006
Greetings Kill: Primer for a Pandemic
NYT, February 12, 2006
What Carried the Girls Away
NYT, February 12, 2006
Study shows that tobacco firms covertly hired scientists
BMJ, February 11, 2006
Dip in Cancer Deaths Is Reported, First Decline in U.S. in 70 Years
NYT, February 9, 2006
Nigeria Has Africa's First Case of Bird Flu
NYT, February 9, 2006
Teen Girls Using Pills, Smoking More Than Boys
Washington Post, February 9, 2006
Cautions Issued on Use Of Psychiatric Drugs
Washington Post, February 9, 2006
Athletes 'risking health to win'
BBC News, February 9, 2006
Divided Loyalties?
Washington Post, February 7, 2006
Stress 'fuelling early puberty'
BBC News, February 7, 2006
US Civil War 'led to ill health
BBC News, February 7, 2006
Polish woman fights abortion case
BBC News, February 7, 2006
Strain of sexual disease spreads
Miami Herald , February 7, 2006
Mississippi's 'Heart Man' Examines Links Between Race and Disease
NYT, February 7, 2006
When Death Is on the Docket, the Moral Compass Wavers
NYT, February 7, 2006
So Many Pills, So Little Clarity
NYT, February 7, 2006
Moving up from 3 by 5
Lancet, February 2006
Pediatricians back needle programs
Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2006
Stability of Mentally Ill Shaken By Medicare Drug Plan Problems
Washington Post, February 6, 2006
We are moving ever closer to the era of mind control
Observer, February 5, 2006
AIDS scourge travels fast on ancient Chinese road
Chicago Tribune, February 5, 2006
States and Cities Lag in Bird Flu Readiness
NYT, February 5, 2006
Suicide fear on asylum detainees
BBC News, February 5, 2006
Displaced Gypsies at Risk From Lead in Kosovo Camps
NYT, February 5, 2006
DNA Kits Aim to Link You to the Here and Then
NYT, February 5, 2006
Report Highlights AIDS Risk to Black Men and Women
NYT, February 4, 2006
Generic Drugs Hit Backlog At FDA
Washington Post, February 4, 2006
New Vaccine Against Rotavirus Approved
Washington Post, February 4, 2006
Dramatic fall in Zimbabwe HIV infections
Guardian, February 3, 2006
New child jab for lethal disease
BBC News, February 3, 2006
When Trust in Doctors Erodes, Other Treatments Fill the Void
NYT, February 3, 2006
Federal Costs Dropping Under New Medicare Drug Plan
NYT, February 3, 2006
Climate studies provide early warning of malaria epidemics
Guardian, February 2, 2006
Island disease hits 50,000 people
BBC News, February 2, 2006
Seducing the Medical Profession
NYT, February 2, 2006
Medical corruption 'global issue'
BBC News, February 1, 2006
U.N.: Polio Eradicated in Egypt, Niger
LA Times, February 1, 2006
Women Are Said to Face Hidden Heart Disease Risk
NYT, February 1, 2006
Partial Birth Abortion Act Ruled Unconstitutional by U.S. Courts
NYT, February 1, 2006
Bush to Push Health Care Savings Plans
NPR, January 31, 2006
Children, Media and Sex: A Big Book of Blank Pages
NYT, January 31, 2006
Your Kind of Doctor: Some Web Sites Help Patients Find Physicians of Their Race, Religion or Sexual Sensitivities. Credentials? Well . . . .
Washington Post, January 31, 2006
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in Canada: What are the Public Health implications?
Health Council of Canada, January 30, 2006
Bill Would Cut Medicaid Benefits for Children
NPR, January 30, 2006
Millions born with birth defects
BBC News, January 30, 2006
Health Workers' Choice Debated, Proposals Back Right Not to Treat
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says
NYT, January 30, 2006
Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money
NYT, January 30, 2006
Crackdown on food marketing call
BBC News, January 30, 2006
Routine testing makes inroads on AIDS
Miami Herald, January 29, 2006
Global Partnership Announces 10-Year Plan to Fight Tuberculosis
Washington Post, January 28, 2006
No smoking
CNN.com, January 26, 2006
New Estimate in China Finds Fewer AIDS Cases
NYT, January 26, 2006
Distance Sought Between Doctors and Drug Industry
Washington Post, January 25, 2006
France Battles a Problem That Grows and Grows: Fat
NYT, January 25, 2006
Fertility predictor test launched
BBC News, January 25, 2006
Poll: Most Americans Support Quarantine
NPR.org, January 24, 2006
Can you catch cancer?
Guardian, January 24, 2006
EPA to Accept Pesticide Tests on Humans
Environmental News Network/AP, January 24, 2006
'Come Again?' Good Medicine Requires Clarity
NYT, January 24, 2006
Eating Ourselves to Death
The Nation, January 23, 2006
Promises, promises, South Africa struggles to fulfill pledges of a better life for its poor
Chicago Tribune, January 23, 2006
The Eye of a Medicare Hurricane
Washington Post, January 23, 2006
Potent Mexican Meth Floods In as States Curb Domestic Variety
NYT, January 23, 2006
Patients Needing Care Overwhelm New Orleans's Hospital System
NYT, January 23, 2006
Protect or Disinhibit?
NYT, January 22, 2006
Struggling Back From War's Once-Deadly Wounds
NYT, January 22, 2006
Once-a-Day AIDS Pill Could Be Ready Soon
Washington Post, January 19, 2006
HHS Works to Fix Drug Plan Woes
Washington Post, January 18, 2006
Nations Pledge Nearly $2B for Bird Flu
San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2006
Justices Reject U.S. Bid to Block Assisted Suicide
NYT, January 18, 2006
New Regulations for Drug Labels Aim to Cut Medical Errors
NYT, January 18, 2006
This racist undercurrent in the tide of genetic research
Guardian, January 17, 2006
Medical know-how boosts Cuba's wealth
BBC News, January 17, 2006
Genetic Testing Creates New Versions of Ancient Dilemmas
NYT, January 17, 2006
When 'natural' seems too risky
LA Times, January 16, 2006
Law Aimed at Wal-Mart May Be Hard to Replicate
NYT, January 16, 2006
World Bank seeks $1.5B to stop bird flu
Miami Herald, January 16, 2006
Mental health link to diet change
BBC News, January 16, 2006
Big pharma and the UK Government
Lancet, January 2006
Trafficking in the `girl deficit'
Toronto Star, January 15, 2006
Shutting Themselves In
NYT, January 15, 2006
Laos, Apparently Without Bird Flu, Is Still Pressed by the West to Join Global Fight
NYT, January 15, 2006
Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China
NYT, January 14, 2006
U.N.: $1.5B Needed to Fight Bird Flu
San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2006
East Meets West, Adding Pounds and Peril
NYT, January 12, 2006
Turkey May Have Lasting Traces of Flu
NYT, January 12, 2006
Stricter Nanotechnology Laws Are Urged
Washington Post, January 11, 2006
New York City Starts To Monitor Diabetics
Washington Post, January 11, 2006
India 'lost birth' study disputed
BBC News, January 11, 2006
Survey: Some Americans OK With Being Fat
NYT, January 11, 2006
In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay
NYT, January 11, 2006
Record Share Of Economy Is Spent on Health Care
Washington Post, January 10, 2006
Emergency Systems Ailing, Report Says Most States Are Ill Prepared for Medical Crises
Washington Post, January 10, 2006
Scientist's embryo cloning faked
BBC News, January 10, 2006
Bird flu cases 'under-estimated'
BBC News, January 9, 2006
Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis
NYT, January 9, 2006
Bird Flu Appears to Spread West
Washington Post, January 9, 2006
Dr. Bush's flu flim-flam
LA Times, January 8, 2006
In Kenya, 'Why Does This Keep Happening?'
Washington Post, January 8, 2006
Cambodia Tries Nonprofit Path to Health Care
NYT, January 8, 2006
HHS Advises Stocking Up On Supplies for Avian Flu
Washington Post, January 7, 2006
Severe Medical Crisis Reported in Congo
NYT, January 7, 2006
New Bird Flu Cases in Turkey Put Europe on 'High Alert'
NYT, January 7, 2006