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
A Burnt-Out Case A Burnt-Out Case
A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Neal Pollack
The False Bird Flu Scare The False Bird Flu Scare
The United States has fueled a worldwide overreaction to the threat of a bird flu pandemic, putting AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other crucial global health programs at risk.
May 18, 2006 / Dr. Marc Siegel