Illness, Injury & Treatments

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

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American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Jessica Greene	Quantum Sufficit Faster is better. It is better to head for the closest medical facility, regardless of invasive capabilities, than to take the time to travel to a more sophisticated facility farther away.
Salon.com July 17, 2000 Nina Teicholz	When drugs take a holiday Could taking a break from protease inhibitors be the secret to treating AIDS? A new case of a 40-year-old man in Philadelphia shows it's possible.
Salon.com July 17, 2000 Alix Christie	The cord-blood controversy First we were supposed to eat the placenta. Now we're supposed to freeze it.
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Caroline Knapp	Crashing and burning When the founder of the "alcohol in moderation" movement pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide last week, it was a sobering reminder that there's no alternative to quitting cold turkey.
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Arthur Allen	The cancer study bombshell that wasn't Were the New York Times and the Washington Post writing about the same New England Journal of Medicine article?
Salon.com Steve Burgess	Drunk like me While Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12-step offspring still dominate the addiction field, there is a growing clamor for more alternatives....
Salon.com July 13, 2000 Megan Williams	African mothers: Save us, too AIDS activists say providing drugs to prevent HIV transmission to babies but not treating their mothers is unconscionable.
Salon.com July 12, 2000 J.B. Orenstein	Bringing back the dead A 3-year-old girl is submerged under water for five minutes. When you're the doctor trying to resuscitate her, how do you know when to stop?
Salon.com July 12, 2000 Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson	The date rape drug, around the clock Help! I take GHB every two hours, and can't quit.
Salon.com April 19, 2000 Jacob Goldstein	Death without dignity When a physician-assisted suicide goes wrong, the end can be brutal. But nobody is teaching doctors how to do it right.
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