Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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American Family Physician August 15, 2000	Polymyalgia Rheumatica Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a disease that causes stiffness in the neck, shoulders and hips. The stiffness is usually worse in the morning. Without treatment, the stiffness and pain can get worse over time.
American Family Physician August 15, 2000	Down Syndrome: What You Need to Know When You're Pregnant
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Michael Castleman	Can needles heal crackheads? A groundbreaking study says they can and do, helping acupuncture inch toward Western acceptance.
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson	The menthol myth I love those cool, fresh-tasting cigarettes but hear they are more cancerous than regular smokes. Is that true?
Salon.com August 15, 2000 Megan Williams	See no AIDS, hear no AIDS In Swaziland, villagers spend every weekend burying their dead, but they still can't admit what's killing them. A report from ground zero of the African holocaust.
Salon.com August 14, 2000 Bob Sassone	A little off the top, please There are certain things in life that are too painful to think about, like the day I got a circumcision at age 34.
Salon.com August 11, 2000 Jackie Stevens	Does capitalism make you sick? Gene studies are sexy and well funded, but they can buttress racial thinking and distract the public from the socioeconomic roots of disease.
Salon.com August 11, 2000 Howard Wen	Sim dizzy Does Half-Life make you sick? Well, you're not alone. Plenty of gamers suffer from simulation sickness.
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Tabitha M. Powledge	Is your cellphone killing you? A neurologist who's dying of a brain tumor is suing to try to prove that his phone is responsible.
Salon.com August 7, 2000 Miranda Lee	Call me plexi-babe I was a guinea pig for a plastic surgery study.
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