Where to go for medical advice on the web
The Shopping Club
Slate
Jun 15, 2000
Whose body is it anyway?
The New Yorker
Oct 4, 1999
A queasy feeling
The New Yorker
Jul 5, 1999
Why money won’t buy fat: In rich countries, the rich get rich and the poor get fat
Medical Examiner
Slate
Dec 24, 1998
No HMO scare — yet: The system’s real problem isn’t the flight of a few HMOs
Medical Examiner
Slate
Oct 22, 1998
Juicy journals: For us doctors, medical journals aren’t just vital knowledge, they’re gossip
Medical Examiner
Slate
Sept 24, 1998
The pain perplex
The New Yorker
Sept 21, 1998.
The dead baby mystery: Telling homicide from sudden infant death syndrome isn’t as easy as you think
Medical Examiner
Slate
Sept 3, 1998
The buck stops with the doc: Sometimes, blaming the system is fair, but in medicine, it can be a dangerous cop-out
Medical Examiner
Slate
Jul 22, 1998
Manning the hospital barricades — Why do groups (even groups of doctors) instinctively hate each other?
Medical Examiner
Slate
Jun 25, 1998
Organ peddling — a dialogue
Medical Examiner
Slate
Jun 2-30, 1998
Organ meat — letting people peddle their organs might save lives, but the ethical price is too high
Medical Examiner
Slate
May 28, 1998
Mouse hunt: Forget cancer. Is there a cure for hype?
The New Yorker
May 18, 1998
Viagra creep — Quality-of-life drugs may threaten more than insurers
Medical Examiner
Slate
May 14, 1998
The human cost of crippling Castro: Health care is still pretty good in Cuba, unless you die waiting for embargoed supplies
Medical Examiner
Slate
Apr 20, 1998
No mistake: The future of medical care–machines that act like doctors, and doctors who act like machines
The New Yorker
Mar 30, 1998
E.R. and the triple hex: When a full moon and a lunar eclipse collide with Friday the 13th, do more accidents really happen?
Medical Examiner
Slate
Mar 19, 1998
One for my baby, but 0.08 for the road: Why the liquor lobby’s arguments against cutting blood-alcohol limits are all wet
Medical Examiner
Slate
Feb 25, 1998