The maggot talks
New York Times Book Review
Sept 10, 2000
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