Science and Health

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

In the midst of a wicked winter, I like to curl up with some sultry nature writing. My father instilled in me a fascination with the natural world.

Mar 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Teresa Stack

Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception

Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The New Scopes Trials The New Scopes Trials

Eric Alterman and Mark Green would like to thank Jenny Stepp for her research on this article.

Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Eric Alterman and Mark Green

The Junk Science of George W. Bush The Junk Science of George W. Bush

It's more fiction than fact.

Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lost in Space Lost in Space

A while back, in a column calling for more arts funding, I observed that a lot more people are interested in classical music, ballet, theater and museums than are interested in s...

Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Coverage for No One Coverage for No One

My patient John Elias, with a fixed income from Social Security and a small pension, is a perfect candidate for prescription drug coverage.

Dec 24, 2003 / Dr. Marc Siegel

Trouble in Prozac Nation Trouble in Prozac Nation

Correction: Editorial tightening created the impression that two drug studies, by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, were one study by Pfizer. We regret the error.

Dec 18, 2003 / Richard DeGrandpre

Occupational Hazards Occupational Hazards

One of the greatest paradoxes of the modern era is the relationship between science and rationalism.

Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov

The AIDS Challenge The AIDS Challenge

This World AIDS Day we were greeted by new, more accurate data from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming the astonishing scope of the global epidemic: Some 40 million a...

Dec 4, 2003 / The Editors

Killing Medicare Killing Medicare

The Medicare "reform" legislation just passed by Congress sends the program on a path to destruction.

Nov 26, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman

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