Health and Disease

Toy Story Toy Story

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.

Jan 3, 2008 / Daphne Eviatar

Toxic Toys Toxic Toys

As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.

Oct 18, 2007 / Feature / Mark Schapiro

The High Price of Beauty The High Price of Beauty

A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.

Sep 20, 2007 / Feature / Virginia Sole-Smith

What Causes Cancer? Probably Not You What Causes Cancer? Probably Not You

The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or some grave moral failing just took another hit.

Jul 19, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich

High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players

Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.

Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin

The Doctor Stories The Doctor Stories

Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lizzy Ratner

Body Language Body Language

A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.

Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam

How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits

Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are increasingly being wrongly diagnosed by the military, which prevents them from collecting benefits.

Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors

Who’s Afraid of Gardasil? Who’s Afraid of Gardasil?

A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.

Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert

Dying for a Home Dying for a Home

The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.

Feb 14, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Spake

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